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A decline in cases has been sustained across Aberdeenshire, Moray and Aberdeen City in the past few days.

Drivers in Turriff are also being reminded about an upcoming closure on a popular route at Bridgend Terrace.

Very strong winds are likely to result in some travel disruption and dangerous coastal conditions across the north-east through to 5pm on Sunday.

While daily figures have varied widely this week for NHS Grampian, the overall number of cases continues to fall across the north-east.

Mobile community testing is being offered for people who do not have Covid-19 symptoms.

The northern coast from Fraserburgh to Buckie may be affected due to a combination of higher than normal tides and strong winds overnight on Saturday.

National rates of positive Covid-19 tests have started to show signs of a drop off across the country.

Police have formally identified Kenneth Cheyne as the driver of a lorry which came off of a flyover on the road.

After an increase seen over several days, numbers are slowly dropping again in NHS Grampian

Positive tests continue to increase across the entire NHS Grampian catchment area.

Police and emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic incident on the A96 near Colpy and the turn off for Oldmeldrum

The average number of cases per 100,000 has continued to rise over the last week with no real signs of cases declining.

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Ten were caught drink driving and a further four were found to be under the influence of drugs.

Road Policing Officers are appealing for information following a two vehicle crash on the B9002 between Insch and Kennethmont this morning.

Aberdeenshire continues to struggle to reduce weekly positive test case numbers, while other areas are starting to see sustained falls.

Several north-east roads are affected by flooding and drivers are advised to be cautious and drive to the conditions.

Weekly figures for positive tests remain static with no real fall off being seen across NHS Grampian.

An 81-year-old female driver was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by ambulance for treatment to serious injuries.

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 3867 positive cases of coronavirus.