Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 2 May 2020

A total of 58,833 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 46,906 were confirmed negative
• 11,927 were positive
• 1,559 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:

• 108 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 97 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,674 people in Scottish hospitals with either confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (including those in intensive care)

Health Board	Total confirmed cases to date	People in hospital at midnight (confirmed or suspected)	People in intensive care at midnight (confirmed or suspected)
Ayrshire and Arran	793	103	8
Borders	283	36	*
Dumfries and Galloway	250	23	*
Fife	768	130	6
Forth Valley	757	95	5
Grampian	889	125	12
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2939	530	42
Highland	288	36	*
Lanarkshire	1436	247	9
Lothian	2065	258	15
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1392	86	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	*	*

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

* = less than five

Note that there are 1,277 people in Scotland with COVID-19 in Scottish hospitals (including those in intensive care) with confirmed COVID-19 and a further 397 with suspected COVID-19. Data on the number of suspected COVID-19 patients for 1 May have been revised. Further details are presented in Coronavirus (COVID-19): trends in daily data.

Other daily management information

On 1 May there were:

• 2,921 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 77,905 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date. In addition, there were 2,392 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 13,160 tests to date
• 3,264 calls to 111 and 434 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,701 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 380 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 249 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.)
• 568 (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. 384 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,466 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 121 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,208 staff, or around 4.3% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,727 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5th March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,659.
• 593 people delayed in hospital as at 30 April. 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.