Coronavirus (COVID-19): Daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 18 April 2020

A total of 38,233 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 30,413 were confirmed negative
• 7,820 were positive
• 893 patients who tested positive have died

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Management information reported by NHS Boards shows

• 182 patients were in intensive care last night, with 178 of those having tested positive
• there were 1,793 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	560	118	12
Borders	231	52	6
Dumfries and Galloway	222	29	5
Fife	514	119	6
Forth Valley	451	77	*
Grampian	432	84	15
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1905	593	65
Highland	193	59	6
Lanarkshire	995	252	27
Lothian	1239	286	28
Orkney	5	*	*
Shetland	45	*	*
Tayside	1022	108	7
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital		10	*

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

* = less than five

Other management information

On 17 April 2020 there were:

• 3,499 calls to 111 and 499 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,562 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 417 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 244 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 616 people delayed in hospital. This is 996 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.
• 459 (42%) 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 currently have outbreaks.
• a total of 7,931 staff, or around 4.8% 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.