Coronavirus in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon lockdown easing speech in full

Here is her speech in full:

I will set out to Parliament details of the updated strategic framework on tackling Covid that the Scottish Government is publishing today.

I will also give an assessment of the current state of the pandemic.

And I will set out our initial priorities, and an indicative timeframe, for cautiously easing restrictions and restoring greater normality to our lives, just as quickly as it is safe and sustainable to do so.

First, though, a brief summary of the latest statistics.

The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 655.

This is 4.8% of all tests carried out, and takes the total number of cases to 198,839.

1,076 people are now in hospital – 65 fewer than yesterday.

And 93 people are in intensive care, 6 fewer than yesterday.

However, I regret to report that in the…