Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland

On 1 March:

• 7,497 new cases* of COVID-19 reported. Of which
  • 8.8% were reinfections*
• Of 7,497 newly reported cases today
  • 2,297 people tested positive through only a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test
  • 379 people tested positive through a PCR test following a LFD (lateral flow device) test
  • 4,821 people tested positive through only a LFD test

* From 1 March 2022, the national case definition has been updated to include reinfections. This means the headline number of COVID-19 cases now includes cases based on an individual’s first positive test as well as possible reinfections, where an individual tests positive 90 days or more after their last positive test.

Due to changes in the case definition, reporting of 7-day figures will resume on 7 February.

Since the start of the outbreak, as at 1 March, a total of:

• 1,458,444 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, of which
  • 4.2% were reinfections

Trends showing LFD and PCR tests and cases, including reinfections, dating back to the start of the pandemic are available on the PHS daily dashboard.

For the week 14 to 20 February 2022, the ONS Covid-19 Infection Survey estimates that:

• 1 in 20 people living in private residential households in Scotland had the coronavirus (COVID-19) (95% credible interval: 1 in 25 to 1 in 20).
• this equates to around 240,700 people (95% credible interval: 215,100 to 269,400)

Further information

• Public Health Scotland interactive dashboard provides detailed information on COVID-19 cases (where COVID-19 was confirmed), including a map showing the number of cases in local areas, trends for local authorities and NHS boards, and demographic information for Scotland
• data definitions and sources
• the data published daily on COVID-19 are available in the trends in daily data excel files. Data on total reported cases is available for NHS Boards.
• please read our blog post for more information about the changes to reporting on COVID cases.

• on 1 March, 21* new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive 
• in the week ending 20 February, 75 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate

Since the start of the outbreak:

• 10,768** people have died who have tested positive as at 1 March
• 13,235 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 20 February
• 29% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, 64% were in hospitals and 7% were at home or non-institutional settings (as at 20 February)

* From 1 March 2022, this figure contains individuals who have died within 28 days of their first positive test and also within 28 days of a possible reinfection, where they have tested positive 90 or more days after their last positive test.

** The cumulative total reported today includes 75 historic deaths as possible reinfections are now included from the start of the pandemic.

Further information

• data definitions and sources – including explanations about the two different measures of deaths involving COVID-19
• further analysis of deaths involving COVID-19 (updated weekly)
• a weekly report on COVID-19 related deaths is published by National Records of Scotland (NRS). This report provides a breakdown of deaths by age, sex, setting (hospital, care home or home) and area (NHS Board area and Local Authority)
• the data published daily on COVID-19 are available in the Trends in daily data excel files

• 1,191 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; of these, 18 were in intensive care
  • in addition, yesterday 12 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in intensive care longer than 28 days
• in the week ending 25 February, 704 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to hospital
• in the week ending 28 February, 21 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to intensive care
• 33,448 inpatients who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020
• as at 23 February, 1,621 people were delayed in hospital.

Further information

• information on the daily number of COVID-19 admissions to hospital and ICU
• data definitions and sources
• the data published daily on COVID-19 are available in the Trends in daily data excel files. Data on number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospital and ICU is available for NHS Boards

As at 7:30 am on 1 March:

• 4,436,511 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination
• 4,157,929 have received their second dose
• 3,434,063 have received a third dose or booster.

Further information

• this is management information and is subject to change on any given day. It covers progress from when the first vaccines against COVID-19 were administered on Tuesday 8 December 2020.
• more information including vaccination breakdowns by sex, age, location (NHS Health Board and local authority) and the JCVI priority groups are available on Public Health Scotland’s interactive dashboard.
• see the vaccinations data technical note for more information on how the vaccinations data is collected and reported.

COVID-19 Vaccine supply data

As of Monday 21 February:

• total number of doses allocated: 13,724,010
• total number of doses delivered: 11,775,060

Further information

• Data definitions and sources

• total number of doses allocated refers to the number of doses that have been made available by the UK Health Security Agency to the Scottish Government for ordering, and is the cumulative amount allocated up to 11:55 21 February  2022
• total number of doses delivered refers to the number of doses that have been delivered from the UK Health Security Agency to the ownership of the Scottish Government, and is the cumulative amount delivered by 23:59 20 February  2022
• as of 5 October 2021, the number of vaccines allocated to Scotland now includes all stock allocated for use in the booster programme. 

• as at 22 February, 197 (19%) adult care homes had a current case of suspected COVID-19
• in the week 14 to 20 February, there were 342 new confirmed positive COVID‑19 cases among care home residents and 519 among care home staff*
• as of 20 February 2022, there have been 16,220 confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst residents and 14,432 amongst staff of care homes for all ages since 9 March 2020*

*These figures include cases confirmed by PCR test only. Work is continuing with Public Health Scotland to accurately identify and include staff and resident cases identified by LFD tests.

Further information

• additional information is available
• data definitions and sources
• the data published here weekly on care homes are available in the trends in daily data excel file
• from 20 January 2021 data on testing for COVID-19 in adult care homes in Scotland can be found within the PHS weekly statistical report. The last update for this data published by the Scottish Government on 13 January 2021 is available. 

• NHS staff absence: week ending 22 February: On average, 3,655 NHS staff, or around 2.0% of the NHS workforce, reported absent each day for a range of reasons related to COVID-19.
• as at 22 February, 1,225 staff in adult care homes (including adult and older people care homes) were reported as absent due to COVID-19, based on returns received from 727 (69%) adult care homes. Staff absent due to COVID-19 represents 3.3% of all adult care home staff (36,794) for whom a return was provided
• we have been notified by Health Boards or the Care Inspectorate of 27 deaths of healthcare workers and 34 deaths of social care workers, related to COVID-19. We are not able to confirm how many of these staff contracted COVID-19 through their work.

Further information

• the absence figures for NHS staff and care home staff are calculated in different ways and caution should be exercised in making comparisons – see data definitions and sources
• the data published weekly on NHS and care homes staff are available in the trends in daily data excel file

On Friday 25 February:

• the percentage of school openings (i.e. half days) that showed pupils were in attendance was reported as being 88.0%, of which 0.1% was reported as planned home learning
• the percentage of school openings (i.e. half days) that showed pupils were not in school because of non Covid-19 related reasons (including exclusions) was 9.7%
• the percentage of school openings (i.e. half days) that showed pupils were not in school because of Covid-19 related reasons was 2.2%

Further information

• data definitions and sources
• the data published daily on COVID-19 are available in the Trends in daily data excel files
• further analysis, breakdowns, and maps relating to school and childcare attendance and absence (updated weekly)
• information on cases in children
• data on students at universities and colleges testing positive for COVID-19 is no longer being collected and published by the Scottish Government. Data on university and college testing can be found within the PHS weekly statistical report 

The data reported are management information based on a range of operational systems. While checks are completed before publication to ensure data robustness, due to the speed of reporting these data are not currently subject to the full range of processes and quality assurance that would be required for Official Statistics. For more information about the data please see Data definitions and sources.

The latest numbers will publish at 2pm each day. 

Previous data is available at: Trends in daily data. Also available as open data at https://statistics.gov.scot.

Occasionally we publish one-off pieces of data and information when there is public interest in making them available. For example, recently this includes information on the Omicron variant and provisional flu vaccinations. Please see our additional data and information page for more detail. 

Public Health Scotland weekly statistical report

Public Health Scotland publish a weekly statistical report that presents data on COVID-19 across NHSScotland. As well as providing information on COVID-19 confirmed cases and admissions to hospital, it looks at some of the wider impacts of the virus on the healthcare system, including trends in COVID-19 related use of other NHS services such as NHS24 and Scottish Ambulance Service. It also presents statistics on Test and Protect and quarantining and demographic characteristics (age, sex, deprivation) of people affected by COVID-19. Weekly reports and accompanying interactive dashboards are available on the Public Health Scotland website.

COVID-19: modelling the epidemic in Scotland

The Scottish Government, like other governments around the world, is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. A key part of this response is to model the potential spread and level of the virus in Scotland, and to compare the Scottish experience to other parts of the UK and other countries around the world. The results of this work are used to help the Scottish Government and the wider public sector, and in particular the health service, plan and put in place what is needed to keep us safe and treat people who have virus e.g. to decide how many Intensive Care Beds (ICU) we need for COVID patients. Modelling reports are available on the Coronavirus (COVID-19): modelling the epidemic publications page

Scottish Government COVID-19 four harms dashboard

The Scottish Government publishes a dashboard which brings together data and evidence on the broader impacts of COVID-19. These are referred to as the four harms of COVID-19:

• direct health impact
• wider health impacts
• societal impacts
• economic impacts

It is updated every Monday.

Isolate and support data

We publish a monthly summary of management information provided by local authorities on support provided for self-isolation and to those in wider need during the coronavirus pandemic.

ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey

The Scottish results of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) COVID-19 Infection Survey are published on the Scottish Government website, and on the ONS website alongside results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The survey aims to establish:

• how many people test positive for COVID-19 infection at a given point in time, regardless of whether they report experiencing coronavirus symptoms (estimates first published on 23 October)
• the number of people who test positive for antibodies, to indicate how many people are ever likely to have had the infection, or have been vaccinated
• the average number of new infections per week over the course of the study