The Scottish Government announced the first case of Covid-19 on March 1 2020, in a Tayside resident who had recently travelled from Italy and was admitted to hospital and treated in isolation.
One year on, the country is once again in lockdown and 9,347 people have died with the virus, according to National Records of Scotland (NRS) data.
But a routemap out of this lockdown has been announced and the vaccination programme is making promising progress.
Here are the 48 key dates from the last 12 months in pictures.
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13. February 2021
FEBRUARY 2 - Ms Sturgeon says lockdown will continue until the end of February at least. The UK Government offers to step in and help vaccinate Scots amid claims the programme is “lagging way behind”. FEBRUARY 4 - The daily test positivity rate falls to 4.9% – below 5% which the World Health Organisation considers a pandemic to be “under control”. Ms Sturgeon says light at the end of the tunnel is “more visible now than at any point in recent weeks”. FEBRUARY 9 - Travellers landing at Scotland’s airports will be forced to quarantine for 10 days – at their own cost of £1,750 with an additional supplement for each other passenger if not alone. FEBRUARY 10 - Scotland’s vaccination rollout passes the one million mark. Photo: Andrew Milligan
14. February 2021
FEBRUARY 16 - Ms Sturgeon confirms some secondary school pupils and children in P1-3 will return to face-to-face learning from February 22 – but lockdown continues. FEBRUARY 23 - The First Minister announces the stay-at-home order will remain in place until April 5, however more children could go back to school from March 15. She said it is also expected Scotland will move back to the tiers system from April 26, with all areas initially in Level 3. FEBRUARY 28 - One year on, 202,084 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and 7,131 deaths after a positive test. Photo: NHS Lothian / SWNS.COM