Coronavirus COVID-19 daily data for Scotland - 21 March 2021

21st March 2021

532 new cases of COVID-19 reported.

21,010 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 2.9% of these were positive.

0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (Noting that registry offices are now generally closed at weekends).

31 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

344 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

2,144,940* people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 220,188 have received their second dose.

* Vaccinations reported yesterday (20/03/2021) have been revised today (21/03/2021) due to connectivity issues when extracting the information from the database on 20/03/2021, which meant that lower vaccination figures were initially reported. No connectivity issues impact the reporting today (21/03/2021).

On 21 March, 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (Noting that registry offices are now generally closed at weekends)

in the week ending 14 March, 104 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.

Since the start of the outbreak:

7,552 people have died who have tested positive as at 21 March

9,831 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 14 March

33% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, 60% were in hospitals and 6% were at home or non-institutional settings (as at 14 March)

Total UK Deaths - 126,122

Total USA Deaths - 554,898

Total Brazil Deaths - 292,856

Total World Deaths - 2,723,955

Worth remembering that most people recover.

Recovered world - 99,545,475