ALDI SCOTLAND has placed restrictions on customer purchases as panic buying continues to sweep across Scotland amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Scots shoppers have taken to the shops this week to stockpile following the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

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3 Hundreds of Scots have taken to the shops this week Credit: Alamy Live News

The cases rose to 121 today while the first Scots death due to the virus was confirmed yesterday.

We previously told how shelves had been left bare in a number of shops up and down the country as Scots bought out hand sanitiser and toilet roll.

And now Aldi Scotland have restricted customer purchases in store.

Taking to social media today, the supermarket wrote: "All our stores remain open and continue to serve our valued customers. We have good product availability and our incredible colleagues are working tirelessly to restock and replenish shelves as quickly as they can.

3 Shelves had been left bare in a number of shops Credit: Alamy Live News

3 Entire aisles have been left empty in some shops Credit: Alamy Live News

"As we have seen an unprecedented demand across our range, we will be limiting customer purchases to four units on all products to ensure all of our customers have an opportunity to purchase them.

"Thank you to all our colleagues and customers for your patience during this time."

We told earlier how hundreds of Glasgow Costco customers were seen queuing outside the retail store this morning.

Shoppers were snapped huddled together outside the chain’s Royston branch as they prepared to panic buy goods.

All our stores remain open and continue to serve our valued customers. We have good product availability and our... Posted by Aldi Scotland on Saturday, March 14, 2020

Last night we told how an Asda store's shelves had been depleted of stock.

Frantic shoppers were panic buying meat and vegetable from Glasgow's Robroyston branch.

On Thursday a photo from an Asda supermarket in Hamilton showed an entire aisle stripped bare.

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And a Morrisons store in Ardrossan had completely sold out of pasta.

But a Day Today Express in Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, has been giving away coronavirus "packages" for free to OAPs in need.

The shop are delivering face masks, hand gel and cleaning wipes to infirm pensioners.

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