Coronavirus (COVID-19): Daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 16 April 2020

A total of 35,392 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 28,290 were confirmed negative
• 7,102 were positive
• 779 patients who tested positive have died 

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Management information reported by NHS Boards shows

• 196 patients were in intensive care last night, with 191 of those having tested positive
• there were 1,799 people in Scottish hospitals with either confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (including those in intensive care)

Health board	Positive cases	People in hospital at midnight (confirmed or suspected)	People in intensive care at midnight (confirmed or suspected)
Ayrshire and Arran	503	110	13
Borders	220	66	6
Dumfries and Galloway	207	31	6
Fife	446	126	6
Forth Valley	400	97	5
Grampian	389	86	16
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1742	606	70
Highland	184	60	6
Lanarkshire	911	203	30
Lothian	1107	284	28
Orkney	5	*	*
Shetland	45	*	*
Tayside	937	118	6
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital		9	*

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

* = less than five

Other management information

On 15 April 2020 there were:

• 3,400 calls to 111 and 626 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,515 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 421 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 216 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 591 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,021 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.
• 470 adult care homes which had lodged at least one notification for suspected COVID-19 to the Care Inspectorate. It is important to note that not all of these care homes will still have outbreaks; additional data will be published shortly on the number that that currently have outbreaks.
• As of 15 April a total of 7,335 staff, or around 4.4% of the NHS workforce, are reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to Covid-19

Data and charts showing the trends for Scotland for the above data.

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The latest numbers will publish at 2pm each day.