Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 22 April 2020

A total of 43,309 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 34,271 were confirmed negative
• 9,038 were positive
• 1,062 patients who tested positive have died

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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.

Management information reported by NHS Boards shows

• 155 patients were in intensive care last night, with 147 of those having tested positive
• there were 1,776 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	640	103	8
Borders	243	52	7
Dumfries and Galloway	235	29	*
Fife	593	135	7
Forth Valley	569	84	*
Grampian	550	91	8
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,174	574	55
Highland	211	68	5
Lanarkshire	1,118	247	22
Lothian	1,515	288	29
Orkney	6	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,124	90	7
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital		12	*

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

* = less than five

Other management information

On 21 April 2020 there were:

• 3,005 calls to 111 and 380 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,418 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 269 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 156 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 599 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,013 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.
• 495 (46%) 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.
• 308 of these adult care homes have reported more than one case of suspected COVID-19.
• 384 (35%) adult care homes have a current outbreak of suspected COVID-19. This is a care home where at least one care home resident has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.
• 2,085 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 212 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,210 staff, or around 4.3% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 1,813 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5th March, who had been tested positive for 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.