COVID-19 statistical report
12 August 2020

About this release

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

Main points

• Between 28 May to 9 August 2020, 1,465 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 5,512 contacts have been traced.

• As at 9 August 2020, there have been 19,027 confirmed COVID-19 cases, equating to 348 confirmed cases per 100,000 population.
• Between 1 March 2020 and 5 August 2020, there had been 5,953 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19.
• As at 9 August 2020, 533 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been treated in an Intensive Care Unit. In the last week there were no patients who have ever been confirmed COVID-19 that were admitted to ICU.
• As at 9 August 2020, 379,133 people in Scotland have tested negative.
• There is clearer evidence of increased risks of serious illness due to COVID-19 in those of South Asian origin.
• There is evidence of an increased risk of hospital admission due to COVID-19 among those of Black, Caribbean or African ethnicity.

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

On 1 March 2020, the first person in Scotland was tested positive for COVID-19. On the 17 March NHS Scotland was placed in an emergency footing by the Cabinet Secretary. Schools have been closed since 20 March and the country has been in lockdown since 23 March. Scotland entered phase one of easing out of lockdown on Friday 29 May, phase two on Friday 19 June and phase three on Friday 10 July. 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-119, 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.