Coronavirus COVID-19: daily data for Scotland - 5 August 2021
5th August 2021
1,381 new cases of COVID-19 reported
30,788 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
4.9% of these were positive.
11 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
55 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
381 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
4,018,503 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,268,887 have received their second dose.
on 5 August, 11 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
in the week ending 1 August, 46 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.
Since the start of the outbreak:
7,976 people have died who have tested positive as at 5 August.
10,370 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 1 August.
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 1 August)