Coronavirus Covid-19: - 28 July 2021

28th July 2021

Highlands tourists urged to act with caution as case surge exposed

1,179* new cases of COVID-19 reported.

28,268* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
4.8% of these were positive.

9 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
63 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

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

4,002,903 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,125,690 have received their second dose.

* Public Health Scotland (PHS) has undertaken work to improve their COVID-19 reporting process to ensure they continue to provide the most accurate and timely information. As a result of this, today's testing figures covering the latest 24 hours will include a small number of tests notified between 12:00am and 5:15am on 27 July that would have been reported in yesterday's daily figures. This is due to the transition to a new reporting schedule including cases up to 12am on day of reporting; there is no double counting in the cumulative totals reported today.

on 28 July, 9 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.

in the week ending 25 July, 56 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate
Since the start of the outbreak:

7,911* people have died who have tested positive as at 28 July
10,324 ​​​​​​deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 25 July.

32% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, 61% were in hospitals and 7% were at home or non-institutional settings (as at 25 July)