COVID-19 statistical report
21 October 2020
Management Information Statistics
- Type
- Statistical report
- Published
- 21 October 2020
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
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).
- 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
Open data
View open data for COVID-19 on the Scottish Health and Social Care Open data platform (external website) for:
- weekly COVID-19 statistical data in Scotland
- COVID-19 vaccination in Scotland
- Daily COVID-19 dashboard
- Enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 in Scotland
- Hospital onset COVID-19 cases in Scotland
COVID-19 daily dashboard
Access the COVID-19 daily dashboard for the following information:
- daily COVID-19 positive cases and deaths by health board and local
- daily hospital admissions and ICU admissions at Scotland level
- data on vaccinations from 26 February 2021
Further data
There is a large amount of data being regularly published regarding COVID-19 – for example, Coronavirus in Scotland on the Scottish Government website (external website) and deaths involving coronavirus in Scotland on the National Records of Scotland (external website).
Surveillance
View information about the COVID-19 Infection Survey (external website) – this represents the single biggest expansion to date of asymptomatic testing for surveillance purposes in the pandemic and is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the University of Oxford, on behalf of the UK and The Scottish Government.
Shielding
The 10 June 2020 COVID-19 statistical report contains information relating to shielding patients.
Ethnicity data
The 3 March 2021 COVID-19 statistical report contains information relating to ethnicity of COVID-19 positives.
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Older versions of this publication
Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.