Coronavirus COVID-19: daily data for Scotland - 5 May 2021
5th May 2021
85* new cases of COVID-19 reported
11,273* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
0.8%* of these were positive.
0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
13 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
69 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
2,846,834 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,373,882 have received their second dose.
on 5 May, 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
in the week ending 2 May, 19 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.
Since the start of the outbreak:
7,660 people have died who have tested positive as at 5 May.
10,097 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 2 May.
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 2 May)