LOCKDOWN restrictions are set to be eased after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed yesterday that the continued fall in coronavirus cases was giving grounds for “cautious optimism”. The First Minister said primary children would return to school next week as planned, along with more senior secondary pupils. Children in primaries 4-7 will join their younger classmates back in school from Monday. She also confirmed that up to four adults from two households will be able to meet outside from today. Sturgeon spelled out the changes to restrictions as she revealed the latest Covid-19 figures showing 22 people had died from the virus and 591 positive tests were recorded in the past 24 hours. It brings the death toll under this measure – those who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7483.