Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland -13 January 2022

13th January 2022

8,203 new cases of COVID-19 reported*. Please note that as of 13 January 2022, this figure includes cases identified using either a first LFD (lateral flow device) or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) positive test.

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

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

1,560 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

4,395,793 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 4,057,606 have received their second dose, and 3,159,109 have received a third dose or booster.

* Whilst improving, there continues to be large volumes of tests being processed by labs; this has impacted turnaround times resulting in delays between specimen's beings taken and results being received and reported. PHS are continuing to monitor the situation.

on 13 January, 26 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.

in the week ending 9 January, 72 deaths were registered where COVID-19 was on the death certificate (Noting that death registrations for this period are affected by public holidays).

Since the start of the outbreak:

9,997 people have died who have tested positive as at 13 January.

12,543 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 9 January.

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 9 January).

1,560 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19; of these, 58 were in intensive care.

in addition, yesterday 12 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in intensive care longer than 28 days.

in the week ending 9 January, 992 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to hospital.

in the week ending 12 January, 42 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were admitted to intensive care.

28,572 inpatients who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital since 5 March 2020.

as at 5 January, 1,523 people were delayed in hospital.