Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 3 May 2020

A total of 60,295 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 48,198 were confirmed negative
• 12,097 were positive
• 1,571 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:

• 99 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 91 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,666 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	799	115	8
Borders	284	35	*
Dumfries and Galloway	250	18	*
Fife	776	123	6
Forth Valley	788	66	*
Grampian	898	147	13
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2985	526	39
Highland	297	41	*
Lanarkshire	1454	233	8
Lothian	2089	269	12
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1410	88	*
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 2 May there were:

• 1,986 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 79,891 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date. In addition, there were 1,734 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 14,894 tests to date
• 7,791 calls to 111 and 196 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,565 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 348 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 202 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.)
• 569 (53%) adult care homes which have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 388 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,500 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 34 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 6,580 staff, or around 4.0% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,765 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,727.
• 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.