COVID-19 statistical report
13 May 2020

Management Information Statistics

Published: 13 May 2020
Type: Statistical report
Author: Public Health Scotland

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

About this release

This is the second release by Public Health Scotland on COVID-19 data across NHSScotland. New analysis included this week: COVID-19 Hospital Admissions and Scottish Ambulance Service data.

Main points

As at 11 May 2020:

There were 13,627 confirmed COVID-19 cases, equating to 249.4 confirmed cases per 100,000 population.
Of the 13,627 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 8,249 (approx. 61%) were women, 5,345 (approx. 39%) were men, and there were no data on the sex of 33 cases.
The highest rate of confirmed cases occurred in those aged 85 and above.

As at 10 May 2020, 495 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been treated in an Intensive Care Unit.

Background

On 1 March 2020, the first person in Scotland was tested positive for COVID-19. On 17 March, NHSScotland was placed in emergency measures by the Scottish Government. Schools have been closed since 20 March and the country has been in lockdown since 23 March.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly evolving situation.

Wider impact detailed analysis

Further exploratory analysis is available on the interactive detailed analysis (external website).

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

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