Nicola Sturgeon will issue an update on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland later today from the Scottish Parliament.
The First Minister is expected to address the number of new Omicron variant cases identified across the country in the last 24-hour period.
It comes after Health Secretary Humza Yousaf announced there are now nine cases of the variant, which originated in southern Africa, in Scotland - a rise of three.
Yousaf said there are now five cases in the Lanarkshire area and four in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, up from the six across the two areas announced on Monday.