Covid-19 Statistics As At 12 December 2022

15th December 2022

This weekly release by Public Health Scotland presents data on COVID-19 across NHS Scotland.

Main Points
• In Scotland, in the week ending 24 November 2022, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 88,500 (95% credible interval: 71,000 to 106,800), equating to 1.68% of the population, or around 1 in 60 people (Source: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK - Office for National Statistics).

• In the week ending 04 December 2022, there were 41 deaths involving COVID-19 (1 more than the previous week) (Source: National Records of Scotland).

• In the week ending 11 December 2022, there were on average 735 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 18.2% increase from the previous week ending 04 December 2022 (622).

• In the week ending 11 December 2022 there were 7 new admissions to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) with a laboratory confirmed test of COVID-19, a decrease of 1 from the
previous week (04 December 2022).

• By week ending 11 December 2022 of the 1,930,755 people vaccinated for COVID-19 as part of the Winter 2022 vaccination programme, 90.4% were vaccinated for Flu at the same vaccination appointment PHS and Official Statistics.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) is the principal and authoritative source of statistics on health and care services in Scotland. PHS is designated by legislation as a producer of ‘Official Statistics'. Our official statistics publications are produced to a high professional standard and comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Further information about our statistics.

Wider Impact Analysis
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a wider impact on health and care as a result of the lockdown, economic pressures, and changes to health services.

Background
Since the start of the outbreak, Public Health Scotland (PHS) has been monitoring a number of key indicators to assess the impact of the virus, including demands on the health system.

This report summarises the current COVID-19 data in Scotland, presenting statistics on estimated infection levels from the ONS COVID Infection Survey, wastewater infection levels, reproduction
(R) number, reported COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 hospital and ICU admissions and Flu and COVID-19 Winter 2022 Vaccination Programme uptake.

Source
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/16923/22-12-14-covid19-publication_summary.pdf