Coronavirus – latest figures

December 21, 2021 10:22 am

The latest number of Covid-19 cases was 6,734 cases announced yesterday. The next set of figures will be available at 2pm today.

The First Minister will address MSPs at Holyrood on Tuesday to update them on the Covid-19 pandemic but she has already said that there will be no new Covid rules ahead of Christmas Day at the end of this week. But last week Ms Sturgeon said that to stay safe everyone should keep their contact with anyone else to a minimum.

And new guidance was issued to businesses to reintroduce physical distancing and one-way systems at the end of last week.

At Edinburgh Castle visits were suspended from Sunday afternoon due to a Covid outbreak, but Historic Environment Scotland confirmed that the castle will reopen on Tuesday following a deep clean. White Christmas at Edinburgh Playhouse has been cancelled.

An important announcement from the producers of White Christmas. ❄️Stay safe and have a very Merry Christmas ❄️ pic.twitter.com/PlVwiKe80k
— White Christmas – The Musical (@whitexmasshow) December 20, 2021

DATE	DAILY CASES	LOTHIAN	NEW TESTS	TEST POSITIVITY RATE	DEATHS REPORTED TODAY	DEATH STATISTICS ACCORDING TO DAILY MEASUREMENT	ICU	HOSPITAL	POSITIVE CASES DURING PANDEMIC	FIRST DOSES OF VACCINE IN LAST DAY	SECOND DOSES OF VACCINE IN LAST DAY	TOTAL BOOSTER VACCINE DOSES	TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE – FIRST DOSES	TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE – TWO DOSES

21 December 2021
20 December 2021	6,734	1,682	49,213	15.2%	0	9,781	38	516	806,695	958	1,763	2,561,480	4,372,129	3,993,642
19 December 2021
18 December 2021
17 December 2021	4,336	1,047	47,082	10.1%	7	9,771	33	522	788,156	1,359	2,330	2,377,170	4,367,798	3,986,305
16 December 2021	5,951	1,186	60,162	10.8%	18	9,764	34	531	783,828	1,637	2,795	2,313,843	4,366,439	3,983,975
12 December 2021	4,002*	930	42,057	10.2%	0		37	541	757,813	1,234	2,017	2,116,228	4,362,468	3,973,761
11 December 2021	4,087*		44,390	9.9%	12		33	552				2,076,084	4,361,197	3,971,488
10 December 2021	5,018			9.3%	19	9,707	40	573				2,000,915	4,358,725	3,967,477
9 December 2021
8 December 2021	3,077	498	40,401	8.1%	11	9,672	41	582	749,620			1,961,588	4,357,567	3,965,437
7 December 2021	3,060*	537	35,562*	9.2%*	12	9,661	38	576	746,549	999	1,522	1,922,604	4,355,063	3,962,203
6 December 2021	3,894*	731	32,166*	12.8%*	0	9,649	43	591	743,496	1,960	2,519	1,889,285	4,354,064	3,960,681
5 December 2021
4 December 2021
3 December 2021
2 December 2021	3,002	432	42,819	7.4%	27	9,618	48	680	733,329	1,178	1,806	1,755,694	4,349,058	3,953,170
1 December 2021
30 November 2021	2,569	432	23,761	11.5%	10	9,572	54	706	727,549	881	1,253	1,687,792	4,346,736	3,949,736
23 November 2021	2,527	418	23,306	11.6%	17	9,495	60	743	709,399	885	1,186	1,469,423	4,340,162	3,940,314
22 November 2021	2481*	385	23,083*	11.4%	0	9,478	59	750	706,874	955	1,179	1,437,823	4,339.277	3,939,128
20 November 2021	2,756	458	31,575	9.3%	11	9,478	61	767	701,719	1,208	1,499	1,375,779	4,337,089	3,939,594
19 November 2021
18 November 2021
17 November 2021	3,360		40,412	8.8%	13	9,419	57	774	691,939	1,261	1,392	1,270,010	4,332,835	3,931,709
14 November 2021	3,077	436	31,384	10.3%	1	9,389	56	765	683,530	703	565	1,183,769	4,327,340	3,924,870
10 November 2021	3,852	496	44,434	9.1%	19	9,332	61	778	670,729	867	1,478	1,050,599	4,325,307	3,920,006
9 November 2021	2,233	355	19,459	12.0%	20	9,313	57	753	666,880	891	1,318	1,017,359	4,324,440	3,918,528
8 November 2021
7 November 2021	2,908		27,540	11.1%	2	9,293	57	793	662,644	807	719	97,945	4,321,382	3,914,425
6 November 2021
5 November 2021
4 November 2021
3 NOVEMBER 2021	3,495*	477	49,462*	7.5%*	20	9,209	63	935	651,169	1,400	1,570	755,476	4,321,770	3,911,823
2 NOVEMBER 2021
1 NOVEMBER 2021

Deaths involving COVID-19 Week 49: 6 – 12 December 2021

As at 12 December 2021, 12,303 deaths have been registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate, according to statistics published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS).

In the week 6 to 12 December, 84 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, a decrease of seven deaths from the previous week.

17 deaths were aged under 65, 16 were aged 65-74 and there were 51 deaths in people aged 75 or over. 44 were female and 40 were male.

There were 11 deaths in Glasgow City, eight in Aberdeenshire, and eight in Fife. In total, 23 council areas (out of 32) had at least one death involving COVID-19 last week..

64 were in hospitals, 11 were in care homes, and nine were at home or a non-institutional setting.

Our monthly analysis shows that the age-standardised rate of COVID-related deaths was lower in November 2021 (95 per 100,000 people) compared to October 2021 (126 per 100,000 people).

Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said:

“The latest figures show that last week there were 84 deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This is seven fewer deaths than the previous week.”

“The number of deaths from all causes registered in Scotland in this week was 1,314, which is 174, or 15%, more than the five year average.”

Adverse effects of vaccination against COVID-19 were recorded as the underlying cause of five deaths in Scotland since the pandemic began. One additional death occurred in November 2021 where an adverse effect was mentioned on the death certificate, although it was not the underlying cause of death. By 30 November 2021 statistics from Public Health Scotland state that 4.4 million people had been given at least one vaccine dose.

Of the 12,210 deaths involving COVID-19 between March 2020 and November 2021, 93% (11,326 people) had at least one pre-existing condition. Just under one quarter of people whose death involved COVID-19 had dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.