The Scottish Government has issued figures today of the number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.


The figures as at 10 October 2020 are as follows: 

Number of new cases of Covid-19 reported today – 1009 new cases which is 14.1% of those newly tested  

19,664 new tests for Covid-19 which reported results

During the week ending 10 October:

  • 47,820 people newly tested – 6,591 positive
  • 117,920 tests reported (22 tests per 1,000 population)


Number of deaths reported today of people who have tested positive – 6

Number of people in Intensive Care Units in Scotland –  34

Number of people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19 –  432

Public Health Scotland confirmed that the number of new cases in Lothian is 160

Since the start of the outbreak:

  • There have been 3,948 confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst residents of care homes for all ages since 9 March
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