COVID-19 statistical report
11 November 2020

About this release

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

Main points

• Between 28 May to 8 November 2020, 55,367 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 209,554 contacts have been traced (of which 156,769 were unique).

• As at 7 November 2020, there have been 74,075 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 8,210 in the week ending 7 November.

• In the week ending 8 November there were 161 individuals aged 16-17 and 276 aged 18-19 who tested positive for COVID-19.

• In the week ending 6 November 2020, there were 545 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19.

• In the week ending 7 November 2020 there were 55 confirmed COVID-19 patients that were treated in an Intensive Care Unit.

• In the week ending 8 November 2020 there were 25,192 people who arrived in Scotland from outside the UK, of which 12,031 were required to quarantine and 2,964 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.