COVID-19 statistical report
As at 24 October 2022
A Management Information Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 26 October 2022
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHS Scotland.
Main Points
- In Scotland, in the week ending 10 October 2022, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 144,400 (95% credible interval: 122,000 to 168,700), equating to 2.74% of the population, or around 1 in 35 people (Source: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK - Office for National Statistics)
- In the week ending 23 October 2022, there were on average 874 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 0.1% decrease from the previous week ending 16 October 2022 (875)
- In the week ending 23 October 2022 there were 8 new admissions to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19, a decrease of 3 from the previous week (16 October 2022)
- By week ending 23 October 2022 of the 1,041,400 people vaccinated for COVID-19 as part of the Winter 2022 vaccination programme, 93.6% were vaccinated for Flu at the same vaccination appointment
- In the week ending 16 October 2022, there were 52 deaths involving COVID-19 (16 more than the previous week) (Source: National Records of Scotland)
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.
Background
Since the start of the outbreak, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has been monitoring a number of key indicators to assess the impact of the virus, including demands on the health system.
This report summarises the current COVID-19 data in Scotland, presenting statistics on estimated infection levels from the ONS COVID Infection Survey, wastewater infection levels, reproduction (R) number, reported COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 hospital and ICU admissions and Flu and COVID-19 Winter 2022 Vaccination Programme uptake.
Further information
The next release of this publication will be 2 November 2022.
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
- The COVID-19 Vaccine Wastage datafile was updated on 18 April 2024 to include the most recent information.
- The COVID-19 in Adult Care Homes in Scotland datafile was updated on 27 July 2023 to include more recent information.
- 28 September 2022 COVID-19 statistical report publication contains information on COVID-19 infection and vaccination in pregnancy in Scotland.
- 2 March 2022 COVID-19 statistical report publication contains information on Highest Risk (shielding patients list)
- 7 November 2023 Community Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI) surveillance in primary care contains information on flu Vaccine effectiveness in community settings.
- 25 May 2023 Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023, contains information on flu Vaccine effectiveness in hospital settings.
- 13 January 2024 Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programs in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to March 2023, contains information on lives saved due to COVID-19 vaccination
General enquiries
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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.