Latest update: Covid-19 cases continue to increase as ministers contemplate continued lockdown in Aberdeen
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Speaking at ther daily breifing on Tuesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stressed that while the rate of cases related to the Aberdeen cluster was starting to show signs of easing off, the number of overal cases was still a major concern.
A total of 52 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Scotland, 27 of those were from the NHS Grampian area.
In the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, 13 new cases were recorded and work is ongoing to see if there is a common connection between them.
At present 269 people are in hospital with three in intensive care.
Again there have been no recorded deaths from Covid-19 today.
The First Minister said: "As of now 253 cases have been identified in Aberdeen since July 26, 165 of these we think are associated with the same cluster linked to pubs.
"The rate of increase at this stage appears to be slowing down but of course we remain vigilant.
"A total of 875 contacts have been identified from those 165 cases and once again it is important to stress that those 875 contacts might not equate exactly to 875 people, there is likely to be some overlap between cases.
"The majority of contacts have already been traced and tracing procedures are in place for the others.
"Despite all the efforts of the tracking teams, we are likely to identify new cases and new contacts for at least the next few days.
She stressed: "The restrictions that were put in place last week in Aberdeen will be reviewed tomorrow so I will say more tomorrow about whether they will remain in place for longer once we examine the data and come to a conclusion."
