Another 16,857 Covid cases have been diagnosed in Scotland – with people across the nation urged to stay safe if they are gathering to see in the new year.Latest data has been published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) this afternoon as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.Nationally, there are 810 patients with the disease being treated in hospital which is a rise of 131 from yesterday's reported figure.
There are currently 34 people being treated in ICUs. The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has rocketed by 1,094 to 63,857.Of the new cases reported, 415 were in East Ayrshire, 379 attributed to North Ayrshire and 299 in South Ayrshire.A total of 902,889