Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 27 April 2020

A total of 50,294 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 39,773 were confirmed negative
• 10,521 were positive
• 1,262 patients who tested positive have died

These figures will be an underestimate. Not everyone with COVID-19 will display symptoms and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

Find out about the process for reporting COVID-19 deaths. 

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:

• 134 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 121 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,762 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	721	101	7
Borders	269	40	*
Dumfries and Galloway	243	28	*
Fife	681	152	6
Forth Valley	680	87	6
Grampian	771	90	9
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,531	557	47
Highland	228	48	*
Lanarkshire	1,265	257	17
Lothian	1,804	301	24
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,261	95	*
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 26 April 2020 there were:

• 6,729 calls to 111 and 140 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,548 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 306 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 193 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 582 people delayed in hospital as at 24 April. This is 1,030 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.
• 530 (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.
• 2,731 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 41 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,204 staff, or around 4.3% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,380 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,360.

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.