Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 6 May 2020

A total of 65,125 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs. Of these:

• 52,416 were confirmed negative
• 12,709 were positive
• 1,703 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.

This new weekly publication by Public Health Scotland reports on the demographic characteristics (age, sex, deprivation) of people affected by COVID-19. It also looks at some of the wider impacts of the virus on the healthcare system, comparing recent trends in activity with historic norms. The report will be updated every Wednesday.  

Management information reported by NHS Boards shows:

• 89 patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 were in intensive care last night, with 79 of those having tested positive
• There were 1,204 people in Scottish hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 (including those in intensive care), and a further 428 where it was suspected.

Health Board	Total confirmed cases to date	People in hospital at midnight (confirmed)	People in intensive care at midnight (confirmed or suspected)
Ayrshire and Arran	846	56	7
Borders	285	28	*
Dumfries and Galloway	254	*	*
Fife	792	90	*
Forth Valley	809	27	*
Grampian	957	94	11
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	3,203	509	30
Highland	310	13	*
Lanarkshire	1,541	136	5
Lothian	2,200	197	18
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,445	47	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	*	*

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

Numbers in hospital were previously reported in this table as the total of confirmed and suspected. However from 5 May onwards these are confirmed only. This is due to inconsistencies in the recording of suspected cases caused by the introduction of screening.

* = less than five

Other daily management information

On 5 May there were:

• 3,036 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 87,321 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date
• an additional 1,647 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres (RTCs) in Scotland, bringing the total number of tests carried out to date through RTCs to 19,864
• 3,159 calls to 111 and 347 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,574 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 326 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 227 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 453 (42%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected COVID-19 as at 5 May. (At least one resident in the care home has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.)
• 585 (54%) adult care homes which have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 408 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 3,948 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 169 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 6,028 staff, or around 3.6% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,895 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5 March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 2,847.
• 607 people delayed in hospital. 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.