Coronavirus (covid-19): Daily Data For Scotland - 29 December 2021

29th December 2021

15,849 new cases of COVID-19 reported*.

63,238 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
28.9% of these were positive.

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

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

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

4,380,108 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 4,009,886 have received their second dose, and 2,901,719 have received a third dose or booster.

*There continues to be large volumes of tests being processed by labs; this and the festive period have impacted turnaround times for results. The figures being reported today will include a backlog from before Christmas. We are starting to see improvements in turnaround times, and continue to monitor the situation.

on 29 December, 3 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.

in the week ending 19 December, 68 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate.

Since the start of the outbreak:

9,836 people have died who have tested positive as at 29 December.

12,372 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 19 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 19 December).

679 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; of these, 36 were in intensive care.

In addition, yesterday 15 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in intensive care longer than 28 days

in the week ending 21 December, 421 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to hospital.

in the week ending 28 December, 41 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to intensive care.

26,855 inpatients who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020.

as at 22 December, 1,465 people were delayed in hospital.

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