Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

Scottish COVID-19 test numbers: 23 April 2020

A total of 44,799 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these:

• 35,390 were confirmed negative
• 9,409 were positive
• 1,120 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

• 148 patients were in intensive care last night, with 134 of those having tested positive
• there were 1,748 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	653	104	10
Borders	248	40	*
Dumfries and Galloway	235	36	*
Fife	619	141	6
Forth Valley	604	85	5
Grampian	602	102	12
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,250	564	49
Highland	214	56	*
Lanarkshire	1,155	237	19
Lothian	1,604	277	27
Orkney	6	*	*
Shetland	54	*	*
Tayside	1,159	97	6
Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	6	*	*
Golden Jubilee National Hospital		8	*

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

* = less than five

Other management information

On 22 April 2020 there were:

• 3,061 calls to 111 and 420 calls to the Coronavirus Helpline. The number of calls to 111 includes all calls, whether or not they relate to COVID-19
• 1,389 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) attendances, of which 307 were for suspected COVID-19. SAS took 192 people to hospital with suspected COVID-19
• 610 people delayed in hospital. This is 1,002 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.
• 506 (47%) 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.
• 318 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 as at 21 April. This is a care home where at least one care home resident has exhibited symptoms during the last 14 days.
• 2,293 cumulative cases of suspected COVID-19 in care homes. This is an increase of 208 suspected cases on the previous day.
• a total of 7,347 staff, or around 4.4% of the NHS workforce, reporting as absent due to a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• 2,162 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since the 5th March, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, up from yesterday’s total of 1,813. The majority of this increase is in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (+296) and relates to improvements in data provision from previous days.

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.