Scotland sees biggest jump in daily Covid cases

Sep 23, 2020

Good afternoon,

Nicola Sturgeon appealed to Scots to “make sacrifices for the national wellbeing” as she ordered a country-wide ban on visiting other households to stem the rising tide of coronavirus cases in televised address last night.

Regulations giving effect to this change will come into force on Friday, but Scots have been asked to observe the new rules from today. Breaches of the new rules could be met with a £30 fine.

Pubs also face a 10pm curfew north of the Border in line with a UK-wide drive to cut transmission rates, although licensed trade chiefs say it will drive hundreds out of business.

The new restrictions come as Scotland has seen its highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases with 486 patients testing positive in the last 24 hours.

Here is a selection of our top news stories and comment pieces to bring you up to speed with what's happening on Wednesday 23 September.

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Sam Shedden


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