Police dispersed more people for Covid breaches this week than any other seven-day period since the beginning of the pandemic.
Information has been released on how many fines Police Scotland has handed out during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The data looks at how many times officers dispersed gatherings and issued Fixed Penalty Notices under the new powers which were brought in to reduce the spread of Covid-19.
Police were given the power to break up house parties breaching social gathering rules on August 28 last year.
Since then, more than 12,868 Fixed Penalty Notices (FTN) have been handed out and 639 people have been arrested.
The worst offending area for this was Edinburgh, with 9,373 people being asked to leave parties or gatherings since August 28.
The worst offending local division for people being issued fines was Edinburgh's South East - with 1,701 FTNs issued.
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