The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today.
For all that this is now described as a race between the virus and the vaccine the number of people who had either their first or second dose yesterday was again low.
The number of vaccinations has been less than 30,000 on several days this week. Today the total of those vaccinated is just 25,996, yet again one of the lowest totals since 27 February.
Ms Sturgeon said on Friday that today’s vaccination figures mean that more than 50% of the population is now fully vaccinated. Yesterday’s case numbers was the highest ever since the start of the pandemic.
The next review point will be 19 July by which time three weeks will have elapsed from the point when all over 50s should have been offered the vaccine. At that point the government hopes 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.
Statistics
As at 27 June, 10,168 deaths have been registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to statistics published by National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Wednesday.
In the week 21 – 27 June, 17 deaths were registered that mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, an increase of four deaths from the previous week.
There were two deaths in each of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, East Ayrshire and Midlothian.
Dundee City, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire all recorded one death each.
The number of deaths from all causes registered in Scotland in this week was 1,043, 24, or 2%, more than the five year average.
Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said: “The latest figures show that last week there were 17 deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
“The number of deaths has risen slightly in recent weeks but is still very low relative to the number of Covid-19 cases.
“Two deaths were aged under 65, five were aged 65-74 and there were ten deaths in people aged 75 or over. Four were female and thirteen were male.
“Fourteen deaths were in hospitals, three deaths were at home or in a non-institutional setting. No care home deaths were registered in week 25.”
The publication Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland is available on the NRS website.
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 |
4 July 2021 | 2,726 | 641 | 25,648 | 11.4% | 0 | 7,729 | 25 | 316 | 295,113 | 3,857,584 | 25,996 | 2,762,156 |
3 July 2021 | 3,108 | 683 | 34,567 | 9.6% | 3 | 7,729 | 25 | 305 | 292,387 | 3,844,371 | 24,627 | 2,749,373 |
2 July 2021 | 3,823 | 10.8% | 4 | 7,726 | 19 | 285 | 289,279 | 3,831,770 | 30,141 | 2,737,347 | ||
1 July 2021 | 4,234 | 999 | 42,843 | 10.5% | 6 | 7,722 | 16 | 275 | 285,456 | 3,816,251 | 27,272 | 2,722,725 |
30 June 2021 | 3,887 | 843 | 41,710 | 9.8% | 3 | 7,716 | 19 | 235 | 281,222 | 3,799,467 | 28,622 | 2,712,237 |
29 June 2021 | 3,118 | 777 | 27,875 | 11.6% | 1 | 7,713 | 20 | 215 | 277,335 | 3,781,887 | 25,928 | 2,701,195 |
28 June 2021 | 3,285 | 795 | 27,226 | 12.6% | 0 | 7,712 | 20 | 202 | 274,217 | 3,765,379 | 30,287 | 2,691,775 |
27 June 2021 | 2,639 | 657 | 31,695 | 8.9% | 1 | 7,712 | 17 | 196 | 3,747,510 | 29,939 | 2,679,357 | |
26 June 2021 | 2,836 | 849 | 33,569 | 8.9% | 3 | 7,711 | 18 | 197 | 268,293 | 3,730,101 | 39,730 | 2,666,827 |
25 June 2021 | 1,747 | 284 | 26,794 | 6.9% | 2 | 7,708 | 16 | 188 | 265,457 | 3,709,801 | 2,647,397 | |
24 June 2021 | 2,999 | 7.7% | 5 | 17 | 177 | |||||||
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 |
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