Coronavirus COVID-19: daily data for Scotland - 6 August 2021
6th August 2021
1,250 new cases of COVID-19 reported.
25,056 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
5.5% of these were positive.
7 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
54 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
367 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
4,020,712 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,286,153 have received their second dose.
on 6 August, 7 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:
7,983 people have died who have tested positive as at 6 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).