About this release

This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHSScotland.

Please note these statistics are affected by delays in test results being processed in positive cases (16 to 18 October 2020).

Main points

  • Between 28 May to 18 October 2020, 28,620 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 117,939 contacts have been traced (of which 88,327 were unique).
Between 28 May and 18 October, 88,327 unique contacts were traced from 28,620 individuals who were recorded in the contact tracing software.
  • As at 18 October 2020, there have been 47,708 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 6,324 in the latest week.
  • In the week ending 18 October there were 118 individuals aged 16-17 and 337 aged 18-19 who tested positive for COVID-19.
  • In the week ending 16 October 2020, there were 521 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19.
  • In the week ending 18 October 2020 there were 46 patients who have ever been confirmed COVID-19 that were treated in an Intensive Care Unit.
  • In the week ending 18 October 2020 there were 27,340 people who arrived in Scotland from outside the UK, of which 15,157 were required to quarantine and 3,132 were contacted by the National Contact Tracing Centre.

Wider impact detailed analysis

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a wider impact on health and care as a result of the lockdown, economic pressures and changes to health services.

A range of analyses on the impact of COVID-19 across aspects of NHS Scotland is available on the interactive information tool (external website).

Background

Since the start of the outbreak, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has been working closely with the Scottish Government and health and care colleagues to support the surveillance and monitoring of COVID-19 amongst the population. There is a large amount of data being regularly published regarding COVID-19. For example, Coronavirus in Scotland – Scottish Government (external website) and Deaths involving coronavirus in Scotland – National Records of Scotland (external website). This report complements the range of existing data currently available.

Find out more

Previous Publications

Versions of the Weekly national respiratory report publication released before 30 November 2022 may be found on the Public Health Scotland website

Versions of the COVID-19 weekly statistical report publication released before 30 November 2022 may be found on the Public Health Scotland website

Open data

Open data from this publication is available from the following weblinks:

Further data

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Older versions of this publication

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Last updated: 07 October 2022
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