Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 24 April 2020

A total of 46,089 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 36,392 were confirmed negative
• 9,697 were positive
• 1,184 patients who tested positive have died

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The latest weekly report on COVID-19 related deaths (including those where COVID-19 is suspected) is available from National Records of Scotland (NRS).

This report provides report provides a breakdown of deaths by age, sex, setting (hospital, care home or home) and area (NHS Board area and Local Authority). It is updated every Wednesday.

Management information reported by NHS Boards shows

• 141 patients were in intensive care last night, with 136 of those having tested positive
• there were 1,710 people in Scottish hospitals with either confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (including those in intensive care)

Health board	Positive cases	People in hospital at midnight (confirmed or suspected)	People in intensive care at midnight (confirmed or suspected)
Ayrshire and Arran	678	113	7
Borders	253	40	5
Dumfries and Galloway	235	28	*
Fife	637	136	6
Forth Valley	606	83	*
Grampian	638	100	9
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,311	561	50
Highland	214	55	*
Lanarkshire	1,176	236	17
Lothian	1,684	275	26
Orkney	6	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,199	78	6
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital		5	*

Note: hospital numbers are by location of hospital, not residence.

* = less than five

Other management information

On 23 April 2020 there were:

• 3,009 calls to 111 and 364 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,489 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 327 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 205 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 600 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,012 less than the baseline period (04/03 weekly return). An initial target to reduce delays by 400 by the end of March and a further target of reducing by a further 500 by the end of April have now been met.
• 516 (48%) adult care homes which had lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate. It is important to note that not all of these care homes will still have outbreaks.
• 332 of these adult care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19.
• 384 (35%) adult care homes have a current outbreak of suspected COVID-19 as at 21 April. This is a care home where at least one care home resident has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days. This number is expected to be updated daily from 27 April onwards.
• 2,445 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 152 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,567 staff, or around 4.6% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,271 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,162. Around half of this increase is in NHS Fife (+54) and relates to improvements in data provision from previous days.

Data and charts showing the trends for Scotland for the above data.

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The latest numbers will publish at 2pm each day.