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The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Scotland has risen by five.

It means the number of people with the deadly virus is 16.

So far 1680 tests have been conducted in Scotland with 1664 coming back negative.

There are currently four cases in Grampian, two in Forth Valley, two in Fife, one in Tayside , one in Ayrshire & Arran, two in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, two in Lothian and two in Lanarkshire.

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The announcement today is the similar to yesterday when five people also tested positive.

Earlier today the Scotstoun Sports Campus in Glasgow was closed after a Scottish international rugby player who trains there tested positive for the virus.

She had recently been traveling in Italy.

Meanwhile, a GP surgery in Argyll has also closed over the risk of spreading the virus further.

The Strachur Medical Practice, near Loch Fyne, took the decision to shut to all patients after there was rise in the number of people who tested positive for the deadly virus in Scotland yesterday.

Dr Robert Coull, a GP at the practice, took to social media to announce the closure.

He said appointments would now be telephone-only in a bid to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.

Prescriptions will now be handed out via a window at the remote surgery.

In his tweet he also advised that medication should be left in the car for a number of hours before being opened.

He said: "To reduce risk of coronavirus spread SMP is now closed to all patients.

"Telephone consultations only.

"Medication can be collected from the dispensary window. Leave medication in boot of car for several hours before opening."

More than 200 people have now tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the Department of Health has said.

In total, 206 people had tested positive for Covid-19 as of 7am on Saturday, a rise of 42 from the 164 cases which had been confirmed by Friday evening.

The Department of Health said more than 21,000 people had been tested for the virus.

The updated figures come as US authorities prepare to respond to a coronavirus-hit cruise ship carrying British passengers off the Californian coast, after 21 people on board tested positive for the illness.