20th December 2021
6,734 new cases of COVID-19 reported*.
49,213 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
15.2% of these were positive.
0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends).
38 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
516 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.
4,372,129 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 3,993,642 have received their second dose, and 2,561,480 have received a third dose or booster..
* Public Health Scotland note there continues to be an impact on turnaround times between specimens being taken and results reported, due to larger volumes of tests being processed by labs.
on 20 December, 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends).
in the week ending 12 December, 84 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.
Since the start of the outbreak:
9,781 people have died who have tested positive as at 20 December.
12,303 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 12 December.
29% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, 64% were in hospitals and 7% were at home or non-institutional settings (as at 12 December).
516 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; of these, 38 were in intensive care.
in addition, yesterday 17 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in intensive care longer than 28 days.
in the week ending 14 December, 382 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to hospital.
in the week ending 19 December, 24 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to intensive care.
26,309 inpatients who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020.
as at 15 December, 1,464 people were delayed in hospital.
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