nicola sturgeon has revealed that omicron has become the dominant covid variant in scotland, overtaking delta. the first minister said there were almost 700 confirmed cases, but that the real number was probably much higher. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mckenzie, has more. the first minister has just been speaking, nicola sturgeon had warned of a tsunami of cases, and she said we are beginning to see the effect of that tsunami. yesterday we had around 6,000 covid cases, today there were more than a,000. although we do understand that is a bit of an underestimate. and there has been an increase of a0% of cases in the last week. the first minister said she was appealing for people to go and get vaccinated. there was a record number of people vaccinated yesterday. she is also urging people, particularly on the run up to christmas and after christmas, to stay at home as much as possible and to limit your socialising.
first minister tell us more, alexandra. yes, the first minister has tell us more, alexandra. yes, the first minister hasjust tell us more, alexandra. yes, the first minister hasjust been - first minister has just been speaking and as she had predicted, coronavirus, the 0micron variant of coronavirus, the 0micron variant of coronavirus, is now dominant in scotland with 51.4% of cases. nicola sturgeon had warned of a tsunami of cases and she said we are beginning to see the effect of that tsunami. yesterday we had around 6000 covid cases. today, there were more than 4000, although we do understand that is a bit of an under estimate and there has been an increase of 40% of cases in the last week. now, the first minister said she was appealing for people to go and get vaccinated. there was a record number of people vaccinated yesterday. she is also urging people, particularly on the run up to christmas and after christmas, to stay at home as much as possible, to
that is a bit of an underestimate. and there has been an increase of 40% of cases in the last week. the first minister said she was appealing for people to go and get vaccinated. there was a record number of people vaccinated yesterday. she is also urging people, particularly on the run up to christmas and after christmas, to stay at home as much as possible and to limit your socialising. and if you are socialising, keep that to a maximum of three households. the first minister had said this is the cruellest of blows, she particularly mentioned businesses, and she is due to speak to the prime minister later on this afternoon to ask for additional help, financial help, for businesses. so, omicron is now the dominant virus variant in scotland.