Coronavirus (covid-19): Daily Data For Scotland - 7 December 2021

7th December 2021

3,060* new cases of COVID-19 reported.

35,562* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
9.2%* of these were positive.

12 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.

38 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19

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

4,355,063 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 3,962,203 have received their second dose, and 1,922,604 have received a third dose or booster.

*The backlog of tests from UK Government pillar 2 continues to be processed contributing to higher than expected figures today. Public Health Scotland expect the backlog of tests will be cleared today and this data flow to return to a lower level.

on 7 December, 12 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.

in the week ending 28 November, 97 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.

Since the start of the outbreak:

9,661 people have died who have tested positive as at 7 December.

12,127 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 28 November.

29% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, 63% were in hospitals and 7% were at home or non-institutional settings (as at 28 November).

576 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; of these, 38 were in intensive care.

in addition, yesterday 16 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in intensive care longer than 28 days.

in the week ending 3 December, 375 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to hospital.

in the week ending 6 December, 28 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to intensive care.

25,638 inpatients who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020.

as at 1 December, 1,452 people were delayed in hospital.

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