Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 29 April 2020

A total of 53,082 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 42, 048 were confirmed negative
• 11,034 were positive
• 1,415 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:

• 114 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 103 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,727 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	745	109	6
Borders	279	37	*
Dumfries and Galloway	244	32	*
Fife	712	148	6
Forth Valley	717	92	6
Grampian	813	104	10
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,672	555	42
Highland	236	43	*
Lanarkshire	1,329	253	12
Lothian	1,907	254	17
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,313	96	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	*	*

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

* = less than five

Other daily management information

On 28 April 2020 there were:

• 3,288 calls to 111 and 440 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 332 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 218 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 429 (40%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected COVID-19. (At least one resident in the care home has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.)
• 547 (51%) adult care homes which have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 360 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,095 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 160 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,013 staff, or around 4.2% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,521 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,448.

• 591 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,021 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.

• 3,732 staff were reported as absent in adult care homes due to COVID-19, based on returns received from 708 (65%) adult care homes as at 21 April. Staff absent due to COVID-19 represents 10% of all adult care home staff (37,213) for whom a return was provided. The absence figures for NHS staff and care home staff are calculated in different ways and caution should be exercised in making comparisons.

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.