Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish numbers: 1 July 2020

• 8 new confirmed cases of COVID-19*
• 1 new reported deaths of people who have tested positive

* as of 15 June this includes confirmed cases where people have been tested through the UK Government (UKG) testing programme as well as those through NHS Scotland labs.

A total of 263,600 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS Scotland labs and UKG to date. Of these:

• 245,341 were confirmed negative
• 18,259 were positive

This will be an underestimate of the number of cases. Not everyone with the virus will display symptoms and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

Of the people who have tested positive:

• 4,071 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since 5th March
• 439 were in hospital last night: 5 of whom were in intensive care; plus 12 more people in intensive care with suspected COVID-19
• 2,486 have died

Previous data for the figures reported are available at: Trends in daily data.

Data by health board

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	1,255	*	*
Borders	345	*	*
Dumfries and Galloway	291	*	*
Fife	930	47	*
Forth Valley	1,070	*	*
Grampian	1,421	45	*
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4,858	199	*
Highland	375	6	*
Lanarkshire	2,724	30	*
Lothian	3,151	105	8
Orkney	9	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,769	*	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	7	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	n/a	*	*
Scotland	18,259	439	17

This table now includes confirmed cases where people have been tested through the UK Government (UKG) testing programme as well as those through NHS Scotland labs. Case numbers are by board of residence (if postcode is not known, location of test is used); numbers of inpatients are by location of the hospital.

(n/a – number of cases not applicable for Golden Jubilee National Hospital)

* fewer than five

Numbers in hospital were previously reported in this table as the total of confirmed and suspected. However from 5 May 2020 onwards these are confirmed only. This is due to discontinuity in suspected cases due to increased levels of screening.

Testing

On 30 June there were:

• 3,409 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 275,970 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date
• 956 drive through and mobile tests were carried out by the UKG Regional Testing Centres (RTCs) in Scotland, bringing the total of those to 92,618 tests

As of 24 June:

• At least 51,283 key workers or symptomatic family members had been tested through NHS laboratories. Of those tested approximately 45% were healthcare workers or their families, 46% were social care staff and family members and 6% were from the rest of the public sector, including the prison service and firefighters.

Care homes

On 30 June there were:

• 138 (13%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected COVID-19. From 29 June the Care Inspectorate has revised the definition of care homes with current suspected case to exclude any home that has not notified of a new case of suspected COVID for at least 28 days. For more information about this change, please see the spreadsheet trends in daily data
• 689 (64%) adult care homes which have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 536 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19
• 6,601 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 22 suspected cases on the previous day

Over the week commencing 22 June:

• At least 1,128 individual care home staff, and 269  residents were tested in care homes with a confirmed case of COVID-19.  

• At least 22,222 individual care home staff, and 1,955 residents were tested in care homes with no confirmed cases of COVID-19. 
  Note: this is based on new data reported by NHS Boards and includes staff and residents tested across all routes. Please see Definitions and Sources, and the Coronavirus (Covid-19): additional data about adult care homes in Scotland document for further information.

Further weekly information is available about COVID-19 in care homes, including cases by size, sector and location, and deaths reported to the Care Inspectorate.

Community health and care

On 30 June there were:

• 2,594 calls to 111 and 396 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19.
• 1,603 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 215 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 157 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19.
• 773 people delayed in hospital. This is 839 less than the baseline period (04/03 weekly return). 

As at 22 June:

• 180,707 people in Scotland are identified as at high clinical risk of COVID-19 and are advised to shield.
• Almost three quarters (131,545 people) are aged 55 or over and 2% (3,934) are children under the age of 16. Demographic breakdowns of those on the shielding list at 1 June were published in the PHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) weekly report for Scotland on 10 June.
• Local authorities have had direct contact with 90% of those advised to shield (either through proactive contact or receipt of calls) to discuss support needs.

As at 23 June:

• A total of 99,603 people are registered with the shielding SMS service.
• There were 51,828 individuals signed up for weekly food box deliveries and 46,561 registered for priority supermarket delivery. Individuals can sign up for these services either via SMS registration or by contacting their local authority. 

Health and social care staff

• 4,193 NHS staff, or around 2.5% of the NHS workforce, reported as absent on 30 June due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19

• 1,801 staff were reported as absent in adult care homes due to COVID-19, based on returns received from 688 (64%) adult care homes as at 23 June. Staff absent due to COVID-19 represents 5.0% of all adult care home staff (36,257) 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.

Deaths of health and social care workers related to COVID-19

As at 30 June, we have been notified by Health Boards or the Care Inspectorate of 7 deaths of healthcare workers and 12 deaths of social care workers, related to COVID-19. We are not able to confirm how many of these staff contracted COVID-19 through their work. We update this information every Wednesday.

About this data and other data sources

Previous data is available at: Trends in daily data. Also available as open data at https://statistics.gov.scot.

The data reported is management information based on a range of operational systems. While checks are completed before publication to ensure data robustness, due to the speed of reporting these data are not currently subject to the full range of processes and quality assurance that would be required for Official Statistics. For more information about the data please see Data definitions and sources.

The latest numbers will publish at 2pm each day. 

COVID-19: modelling the epidemic in Scotland

The Scottish Government, like other governments around the world, is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. A key part of this response is to model the potential spread and level of the virus in Scotland, and to compare the Scottish experience to other parts of the UK and other countries around the world. The results of this work are used to help the Scottish Government and the wider public sector, and in particular the health service, plan and put in place what is needed to keep us safe and treat people who have virus e.g. to decide how many Intensive Care Beds (ICU) we need for Covid patients. Modelling reports are available on the Coronavirus (COVID-19): modelling the epidemic publications page

More data on COVID-19 deaths

A 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 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.
Read more: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats

More data on people affected by COVID-19

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. It is updated every Wednesday.  
Read more: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/population-health/covid-19

Related information

General information about coronavirus is available at: www.gov.scot/coronavirus