Coronavirus – Wednesday’s figures

The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today and are reported below.

On Tuesday in The Scottish Parliament the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, told MSPs: “The number of new cases recorded over the past week has increased by almost 40% on the week before.

“That total is seven times higher than in early May, and higher than at any point since late January.

“This reflects the fact that the faster transmitting Delta variant is now dominant.

“Obviously we cannot be complacent about this. However, we do have evidence that the link between new cases and serious health harm is weakening.

“The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid has fallen from around 10% of reported positive cases at the start of the year, to around 5% now.

“And Covid patients, on average, are spending less time in hospital – though, we should remember that even if they don’t need hospital treatment, some people will suffer significant health harms, including long Covid.

“However, overall, the evidence that vaccination is helping protect people from serious health harms is allowing us to change how we respond to the virus.”

Ms Sturgeon then set out the milestones for the coming weeks with “revisions to the strategic framework for tackling Covid”.

The next review point will be 19 July by which time three weeks will have elapsed from the point at which all over 50s should have been offered the vaccine. At that point the government hops that all of Scotland can move to Level 0 and physical distancing can be reduced from two metres to one.

After that the next significant date is 9 August when the vast majority of over 40s will have a significant level of protection. At that time it might be possible to move beyond Level 0, but it will depend on the data at the time. But in any case the government will not advise an immediate return to full offices working from 9 August. All of these measures will take time to put back in place.

As at 20 June, 10,150 deaths have been registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate, according to statistics published by National Records of Scotland (NRS) today.

In the week 14 – 20 June, 13 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, an increase of six deaths from the previous week. 

There were four deaths in Glasgow City, two deaths in Perth and Kinross and one death in each of Dundee City, Falkirk, Highland, Midlothian, South Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire, and West Lothian.

The number of deaths from all causes registered in Scotland in this week was 1,046, 46, or 5%, more than the five year average. 

Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said: “The latest figures show that last week there were 13 deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

“Three deaths were aged under 65, two were aged 65-74, and eight were over 75. Five were female and eight were male. 

“Ten deaths occurred in hospitals, one occurred in a care home, and two deaths were at home or in a non-institutional setting.”

Deaths from respiratory diseases and dementia/Alzheimer’s were below average, although there were more deaths from circulatory causes, cancer, and other causes compared to the five year average.

Date Newly reported cases of Covid-19 Cases in Lothian New tests Test positivity rate (bold denotes days under 3.0% and the highest in recent weeks) Newly reported deaths Number of deaths according to daily measurement Patients in ICU with confirmed Covid-19 Patients in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 (under 500 is in bold) Total number of positive cases since beginning of pandemic Number of first dose vaccinations administered Number of daily vaccinations recorded for previous day with highest daily figure in bold (includes 1st and 2nd doses) Above 30,000 in bold Number of people who have received their second dose of vaccine
23 June 2021 2,969 830 42,310 7.3% 5 7,701 18 170 260,711 3,682,620 31,746 2,617,450
22 June 2021 2,167 581 25,038 9.1% 4 7,696 18 171 257,742 3,664,571 32,917 2,602,753
21 June 2021 1,250 7.2% 0 7,692 14 158
20 June 2021 1,205 321 22,098 5.8% 0 7,692 254,325 3,630,589 35,652 2,571,637
19 June 2021 1,209 331 4.5% 2 7,692 253,120
18 June 2021 950 212 29,254 3.5% 2 7,690 12 128 251,911 3,591,638 39,649 2,535,803
17 June 2021 1,317 262 30,990 4.6% 4 7,688 12 140 250,961 3,571,726 42,695 2,516,066
16 June 2021 1,129 35,638 3.4% 1 7,684 15 133 248,515 3,551,739* 2,493,358
15 June 2021 974 20,761 5.0% 2 7,683 17 137 248,515 3,531,461 37,140 2,470,181
14 June 2021 761 210 15,781 5.2% 0 7,681 17 128 247,541 3,517,668 41,390 2,446,834
13 June 2021 1036* 230 22,856 5.0% 0 7,681 246,780 3,497,287 43,034 2,425,825
12 June 2021 1030* 297 26,650 4.1% 2 7,681 245,744 3,477,378 45,769 2,402,700
11 June 2021 1,104* 241 28,563 4.1% 0 7,679 13 132 244,714 3,459,063 47,911 2,375,246
10 June 2021 735 217 28,379 2.8% 1 7,679 14 124 243,610 3,441,217 50,272 2,345,181
9 June 2021 1,011 241 36,227 3.0% 1 7,678 14 121 242,875 3,422,431 50,057 2,313,695
8 June 2021 695 157 14,873 5.0% 0 7,677 12 121 241,864 3,403,866 48,489 2,282,203
7 June 2021 641 16,192 4.2% 0 12 122 3,386,321 2,251,259
6 June 2021 775 215 20,675 4.0% 0 7,677 240,528 3,365,779 44,883 2,227,493
5 June 2021 860 201 27,436 3.4% 1 7,677 239,753 3,345,842 51,814 2,202,547
4 June 2021 992 213 26,962 3.9% 2 7,676 8 116 238,893 3,326,005 53,145 2,170,570
3 June 2021 835 227 31,841 2.8% 4 7,674 8 110 237,901 3,305,812 50,992 2,137,618
2 June 2021 677 160 26,258 2.8% 1 7,670 10 114 237,066 3,286,261 49,917 2,106,177
1 June 2021 478 107 16,489 3.1% 0 7,669 10 106 236,389 3,267,290 47,130 2,075,231
28 May 2021 641 132 25,939 2.6% 2 7,668 6 90 234,312 3,196,051 49,965 1,971,006
3 May 2021 132 10,195 1.5% 0 2,824,955 1,326,599
1 April 2021 400 73 25,956 1.8% 8 7,610 21 215 218,432 2,493,327 42,984 399,062
27 March 2021 563 119 25,519 2.4% 6 7,584 26 283 216,705 2,358,807 50,875 294,714
25 March 2021 701 157 31,946 2.4% 10 7,572 32 310 215,599 2,285,711 50,083 263,236
27 February 2021 525 106 19,615 3.1% 18 7,129 74 898 201,512 1,570,153 27,224 72,178
4 February 2021 1,149 159 27,668 4.9% 53 6,322 127 1,812 183,418 694,347 45,085 9,031
7 January 2021 2,649 357 11.3% 78 100 1,467 143,715
31 December 2021 2,622 28,295 10.1% 68 70 1,174
16 December 2020 689 5.9% 38 49 1,031 18,644