Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 26 April 2020

A total of 49,157 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 38,833 were confirmed negative
• 10,324 were positive
• 1,249 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:

• 133 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 131 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,735 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	705	91	8
Borders	259	49	*
Dumfries and Galloway	240	22	*
Fife	672	153	6
Forth Valley	662	84	5
Grampian	748	88	9
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,479	557	49
Highland	225	50	*
Lanarkshire	1,231	241	16
Lothian	1,785	301	24
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,251	91	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	*	*

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

* = less than five

Other management information

On 25 April 2020 there were:

• 7,368 calls to 111 and 158 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,571 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 351 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 208 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 600 people delayed in hospital as at 23 April. 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.
• 529 (49%) 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.
• 345 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 21st April. This is a care home where at least one care home resident has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.
• 2,690 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 69 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,602 staff, or around 4.3% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,360 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5th March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,327.

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.