Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish numbers: 21 May 2020

A total of 95,173 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs. Of these:

• 80,317 were confirmed negative
• 14,856 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:

• 3,470 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020
• 909 were in hospital last night: 43 were in intensive care, with another 8 with suspected COVID-19
• 2,221 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	995	29	*
Borders	322	12	*
Dumfries and Galloway	257	*	*
Fife	826	70	*
Forth Valley	896	14	*
Grampian	1218	72	6
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	3806	400	16
Highland	334	12	*
Lanarkshire	1892	95	*
Lothian	2611	180	12
Orkney	7	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1632	20	*
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	*	*	*

Please note hospital numbers are by location of hospital, not residence.

* = less 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 20 May there were:

• 4,090 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 135,325 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date
• In addition, there were 2,428 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 45,767 tests to date.

As of 18 May there were:

• At least 32,166 key workers or symptomatic family members had been tested through NHS laboratories. Of those tested approximately 57% were healthcare workers or their families, 34% were social care staff and family members and 8% were from the rest of the public sector, including the prison service and firefighters.

Community health and care

On 20 May there were:

• 2,912 calls to 111 and 219 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,679 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 264 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 186 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 659 people delayed in hospital. This is 953 less than the baseline period (04/03 weekly return)

Care homes

On 20 May there were:

• 480 (44%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected COVID-19. At least one resident in the care home has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.
• 644 (59%) adult care homes have lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate since the start of the epidemic. 474 of these care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19. 
• 5,463 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 100 suspected cases on the previous day.

Health and social care staff

• 6,318 NHS staff, or around 3.8% of the NHS workforce, reported as absent on 20 May due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 3,381 staff were reported as absent in adult care homes due to COVID-19, based on returns received from 940 (87%) adult care homes as at 19 May. Staff absent due to COVID-19 represents 7.3% of all adult care home staff (46,272) 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 19 May, we have been notified by health boards or the Care Inspectorate of 7 deaths of healthcare workers and 9 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 will 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. 

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