| Good afternoon, This is your breaking coronavirus news bulletin from The Scotsman. If you would like to help us fight disinformation please consider taking out a subscription with us. You can now have access to print and digital versions of The Scotsman all rolled into one. Get unlimited access to our website, app, and our newspapers with our print and digital package. Or if you just want to view our website prices start at only £3 per month. Try us out today here. Highest death toll of the pandemic Some shocking news to start with. Scotland has recorded the highest number of daily Covid deaths ever. It also exceeds the peak seen last April, with 1,530 people in hospital with Covid-19 today. Meanwhile, more than 2,300 new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. See the latest figures including for where you live here. Third vaccine approved for use in UK But there is some good news today, with the Moderna Covid vaccine becoming the third to be approved for use here. The UK government has ordered seven million doses, but supplies are not expected to be delivered until the spring. Find out everything we know about this newly-approved vaccine here. More coronavirus news this afternoon >> Don't miss the latest breaking coronavirus news as it happens in our LIVE blog here. Thanks for reading and stay safe, Ginny - ginny.sanderson@jpimedia.co.uk | 
