Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland - 31 August 2021

31st August 2021

6,029* new cases of COVID-19 reported.

43,512 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
14.9% 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.

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

4,106,408 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,680,761 have received their second dose.

* Please note that we continue to see a larger proportion of specimens reported that were processed more than 48 hours ago.

on 31 August, 7 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive .

in the week ending 22 August, 41 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.

Since the start of the outbreak:

8,118 people have died who have tested positive as at 31 August.

10,505 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 22 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 22 August).

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