Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 1 May 2020

A total of 56,702 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 45,048 were confirmed negative
• 11,654 were positive
• 1,515 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:

• 110 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 100 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,809 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	778	105	6
Borders	281	37	*
Dumfries and Galloway	249	24	*
Fife	750	139	6
Forth Valley	747	88	6
Grampian	866	187	13
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,864	538	44
Highland	259	34	*
Lanarkshire	1,400	258	8
Lothian	2,014	310	16
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,379	86	*
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 30 April 2020 there were:

• 2,537 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 74,984 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date. In addition, there were 2,124 drive through, mobile or home tests done by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 10,768 tests to date.
• 3,333 calls to 111 and 490 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,509 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 359 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 255 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 429 (40%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected COVID-19 as at 28 April. (At least one resident in the care home has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.)
• 562 (52%) adult care homes which have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 377 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,345 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 124 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,468 staff, or around 4.5% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,659 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,583.

• 593 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,019 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.

• 4,163 staff were reported as absent in adult care homes due to COVID-19, based on returns received from 862 (79%) adult care homes as at 28 April. Staff absent due to COVID-19 represents 9.2% of all adult care home staff (45,068) 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 – see the data sources and definitions document for full details. This data will be updated weekly.

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

View information about the data sources and definitions.

The latest numbers will publish at 2pm each day.