Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 4 May 2020

A total of 61,696 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 49,430 were confirmed negative
• 12,266 were positive
• 1,576 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 1,720 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	818	86	6
Borders	284	30	*
Dumfries and Galloway	250	21	*
Fife	778	125	6
Forth Valley	794	70	6
Grampian	931	130	13
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	3,029	533	39
Highland	299	44	*
Lanarkshire	1,492	257	7
Lothian	2,113	327	14
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,411	92	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	5	*

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

* = less than five

Other daily management information

On 3 May there were:

• 1,949 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 81,840 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date. In addition, there were 1,552 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 16,446 tests to date
• 7,103 calls to 111 and 207 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,497 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 315 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 191 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.)
• 571 (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. 390 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,558 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 58 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 6,608 staff, or around 4.0% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,780 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,765.
• 607 people delayed in hospital as at 1 May. This is 1,005 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.