COVID-19 statistical report
As at 10 January 2022

About this release

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

Main points

• As at 09 January 2022, there have been 1,056,835 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 68,081 of these were recorded in the most recent week, a decrease of 40.4% from the previous week. 
• There has been a 4.3% decrease in the number of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) asymptomatic tests carried out in the last week. There have been 19,303,280 LFD tests carried out in Scotland since 19 November 2020, of which 189,514 were positive (1.0%) 
• In the week ending 02 January 2022, 126,737 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 96,436 unique contacts have been traced.

In the week ending 2 January 2022, 126,737 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 96,436 unique contacts have been traced.

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• In the week ending 04 January 2022, there were 1,003 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19, an increase of 43% from the previous week. The highest number of new admissions are now in those aged 80+.
• The proportion of all people who were admitted to hospital within 14 days of a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 positive test has declined, from 12% in the week ending 31 January 2021, to 1% in the most recent week ending 26 December 2021.
• In the week ending 09 January 2022 there were 45 new admissions to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for confirmed COVID-19. This is an increase of 80.0% from the week ending 02 January 2022.

Additional charts and data are available to view in the interactive dashboard accompanying this report.

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.

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 and Deaths involving coronavirus in Scotland – National Records of Scotland). This report complements the range of existing data currently available.

Further information

The next release of this publication will be 19 January 2022.