COVID-19 statistical report
23 September 2020

About this release

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

Main points

• Between 28 May to 20 September 2020, 6,851 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 34,201 contacts have been traced (of which 25,937 were unique).
• As at 20 September 2020, there have been 24,626 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,478 in the latest week.
• In the week ending 20 September 2020, there were 8 people aged 2-4, 36 aged 5-11 and 77 aged 12-17 who tested positive for COVID-19.
• In the week ending 16 September 2020, there were 58 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19.
• In the week ending 20 September 2020 there were 6 patients who have ever been confirmed COVID-19 that were treated in an Intensive Care Unit.
• In the week ending 20 September 2020 there were 32,150 people who arrived in Scotland from outside the UK, of which 12,386 were required to quarantine and 1,082 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.