COVID-19 statistical report
As at 22 November 2021

About this release

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

Main points

• As at 21 November 2021, there have been 706,874 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 17,804 of these were recorded in the most recent week, a decrease of 16.7% from the previous week.
• In the week ending 14 November 2021, 20,729 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software, from which 28,898 unique contacts have been traced.

• In the week ending 21 November 2021, under the Community Testing Programme 22.4% of symptomatic and 10.4% of asymptomatic tests for COVID-19 were positive.
• In the week ending 16 November 2021, there were 534 admissions to hospital with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19. 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 3% in the most recent week ending 07 November 2021.
• In the week ending 20 November 2021 there were 45 new admissions to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for confirmed COVID-19. This is a decrease of 1 from the week ending 13 November 2021.
• In the week ending 21 November 2021 there were 56,946 people who arrived in Scotland from outside the UK, of which 1,820 were required to quarantine.
• By the 03 November 2021, 73% of those in prison on that day had been vaccinated with a first dose, compared to 71% among general population matched controls. By the same date, 59% of those in prison had received a second dose, compared to 64% among general population matched controls.

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 (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.

Further information

The next release of this publication will be 1 December 2021.