COVID-19 statistical report
As at 21 March 2022
A Management Information Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 23 March 2022
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHSScotland.
Main points
- In the week ending 20 March 2022, there were 79,343 COVID-19 cases (identified by PCR or LFD and including reinfections), a decrease of 8.8% from the previous week
- In the week ending 20 March 2022, 7,926 (10.0%) of all cases reported that week were determined to be reinfections when applying the 90-day threshold
- In the week ending 13 March 2022, 86,592 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 52,669 unique contacts have been traced
- In the week ending 15 March 2022, there were 1,356 admissions to hospital with a positive COVID-19 test (PCR or LFD), an increase of 18% from the previous week. The highest number of new admissions are currently in those aged 80+
- In the week ending 20 March 2022 there were 29 new admissions to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19
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 30 March 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
If you have an enquiry relating to this publication, please email phs.covid19data&analytics@phs.scot.
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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.