The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, at a media briefing on Tuesday.
While Ms Sturgeon said that the uptake of vaccination is “remarkable”, she emphasised that the government wants to achieve as close to 100% as possible and urged everyone who has not had their first or second dose to do so as soon as possible.
Ms Sturgeon also explained that the Chief Medical Officer has written to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) asking that they reexamine their advice on vaccinating all 12-17 year olds. She said that any young person who will be 18 years old before end of October 2021 is now eligible for vaccination.
The First Minister confirmed that The Scottish Government has not yet decided on using vaccine passports to gain entry to a variety of places, such as the Prime Minister confirmed for nightclubs and bars in England. She reminded everyone that nightclubs in Scotland are not yet open again.
Since Monday 19 July all parts of Scotland are now in Level 0. This is not without any restrictions at all, but certainly better than at some stages in the last 15 months or so.
All the details are on The Scottish Government website and are summarised as:
At Level 0:
- you can meet socially in groups:
- of up to 8 people from 4 households in your home or theirs – and can stay overnight
- of up to 10 people from 4 households in an indoor public place like a café, pub or restaurant
- of up to 15 people from 15 households outdoors
- under 12s do not count towards the total number of people or households meeting outside but count towards the household numbers indoors
- you do not need to physically distance from family and friends in a private home
- you can travel anywhere in Scotland in Levels 0, 1 or 2 but must not enter a Level 3 or 4 area unless for a permitted reason
- you can travel anywhere in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands – before you travel you must check the travel rules in those countries
- you can provide informal childcare, for example to look after a grandchild
- up to 200 people can attend weddings and funerals
- tradespeople can carry out any work in your home such as painting, decorating or repairing
- you should work from home where possible
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
Deaths involving COVID-19 Week 27: 05 – 11 July 2021
As at 11 July, 10,220 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).
In the week 5 – 11 July 2021, 30 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, an increase of eight deaths from the previous week.
There were five deaths in the City of Edinburgh and four deaths in both Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire. Fourteen other council areas also recorded deaths involving COVID-19 last week.
Over the course of the pandemic, Glasgow City, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire have had the highest COVID-related death rates, with people in large urban areas being 3.7 times as likely to die with COVID as those in remote rural areas, after adjusting for age.
Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said: “Five of the COVID-related deaths last week were aged under 65, four were aged 65-74 and there were twenty one deaths amongst people aged 75 or over. Nine were female and twenty one were male.
After adjusting for age, COVID-related death rates for males are significantly higher than for females. In the period from March 2020 to June 2021, COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of 176 males per 100,000 population compared to 121 females per 100,000.
There have been 4 deaths where the underlying cause was adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines. There have been no vaccine-related deaths in the latest month. By 30 June 2021 statistics from Public Health Scotland state that 3.82 million people had been given at least one vaccine dose.”
In the last week the total number of deaths from all causes was 6% higher than the average for week 27 in the period 2015-2019. At the height of the pandemic in April 2020, there were around 80% more deaths than average.
93% of COVID-related deaths between March 2020 and June 2021 had at least one pre-existing medical condition, with the most common being dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Figures below with an asterisk are provisional and reflect some difficulty in establishing the correct figure.
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 |
20 July 2021 | 1,604 | 9.2% | 13 | 7,813 | 47 | 529 | 3,984,433 | 18,823 | 2,995,086 | |||
19 July 2021 | 1,464 | 346 | 15,660 | 10.3% | 0 | 7,800 | 45 | 536 | 330,851 | 3,981,950 | 18,620 | 2,978,746 |
18 July 2021 | 1,735 | 385 | 19,427 | 9.8% | 0 | 7,800 | 46 | 511 | 329,387 | 3,976,022 | 17,274 | 2,966,054 |
17 July 2021 | 2,317 | 490 | 29,634 | 8.6% | 4 | 7,800 | 49 | 517 | 327,652 | 3,970,026 | 21,098 | 2,954,776 |
16 July 2021 | 2,047 | 479 | 26,868 | 8.5% | 5 | 7,796 | 48 | 532 | 325,335 | 3,963,502 | 20,025 | 2,940,202 |
15 July 2021 | 2,086 | 376 | 34,773 | 6.6% | 19 | 7,791 | 47 | 543 | 323,288 | 3,956,549 | 20,329 | 2,927,130 |
14 July 2021 | 2,636 | 534 | 35,849 | 8.1% | 11 | 7,772 | 46 | 515 | 321,202 | 3,948,446 | 18,222 | 2,914,904 |
13 July 2021 | 2,529 | 594 | 23,804 | 11.5% | 4 | 7,761 | 41 | 506 | 318,566 | 3,941,571 | 17,449 | 2,903,557 |
12 July 2021 | 2,134* | 482 | 21,326* | 11.1% | 0 | 7,757 | 40 | 469 | 316,037 | 3,934,408 | 21,944 | 2,893,271 |
11 July 2021 | 2,048 | 438 | 20,242 | 11.2% | 0 | 7,757 | 40 | 444 | 313,903 | 3,928,409 | 24,480 | 2,877,326 |
10 July 2021 | 2,190 | 27,162 | 7 | 7,757 | 42 | 435 | 26,128 | |||||
9 July 2021 | 3,216 | 775 | 35,331 | 9.9% | 6 | 7,750 | 39 | 427 | 309,665 | 3,911,189 | 28,377 | 2,843,938 |
8 July 2021 | 2,802 | 591 | 38,333 | 8% | 4 | 7,744 | 38 | 401 | 306,449 | 3,900,864 | 27,672 | 2,825,886 |
7 July 2021 | 3,799 | 866 | 40,842 | 10.0% | 5 | 7,740 | 34 | 387 | 303,647 | 3,890,176 | 28,549 | 2,808,902 |
6 July 2021 | 2,363 | 502 | 25,123 | 10.2% | 6 | 7,735 | 32 | 346 | 299,848 | 3,879,458 | 27,170 | 2,791,071 |
5 July 2021 | 2,372 | 561 | 20,222 | 12.6% | 0 | 7,729 | 30 | 338 | 297,485 | 3,869,223 | 23,619 | 2,774,136 |
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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