NHS Orkney are continuing to vaccinate against both Flu and Covid, recognising both can be serious, even for healthy people.
If you are eligible for vaccination and have missed your appointment, or you are a household contact or carer and haven’t yet had your vaccine, please come along to one of the drop-in clinics at The Balfour below:
- Friday 2, 9, 16 and 23 February: 2pm – 4pm
- March dates will follow shortly
If you require more information regarding your eligibility please call the team on 0300 303 5313, or visit: NHS Inform Winter Vaccines.
You can also find information on the dedicated Vaccination Programme page.
In winter 2023/24, Scotland administered 1,647,887 influenza (Adult 18+), 537,820 influenza (Children 6 months to 17 years), and 1,388,973 COVID-19 vaccines since September 4, 2023.
Among adults 65+, 79.9% received influenza, and 79.1% received COVID-19 vaccines by week 4. Uptake is lower for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines compared to winter 2022/23.
There has been a slight decrease of 2% in the reported cases of influenza in Scotland this week (ending 28th January) according to the latest data from Public Health Scotland.
Covid
The Number of acute COVID-19 admissions to hospital (week ending 28th January) has increased slightly to 227 from 207 the previous week.
| Health Board of Treatment | 14 Jan 24 | 21 Jan 24 | 28 Jan 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 17 | 10 | 8 |
| NHS Borders | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| NHS Fife | 27 | 22 | 28 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 18 | 12 | 16 |
| NHS Grampian | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 80 | 54 | 60 |
| NHS Highland | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 44 | 35 | 27 |
| NHS Lothian | 32 | 34 | 34 |
| NHS Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Tayside | 20 | 12 | 12 |
| NHS Western Isles | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 287 | 207 | 227 |
The Number of inpatients with COVID-19 in hospital (seven day average) over the same period was 343, the previous week was 342.
| Health Board of Treatment | 14 Jan 24 | 21 Jan 24 | 28 Jan 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 12 | 15 | 20 |
| NHS Borders | 23 | 22 | 22 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| NHS Fife | 18 | 26 | 33 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 12 | 16 | 17 |
| NHS Grampian | 40 | 31 | 19 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 133 | 115 | 114 |
| NHS Highland | 24 | 13 | 13 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 42 | 45 | 38 |
| NHS Lothian | 51 | 32 | 52 |
| NHS Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Tayside | 20 | 21 | 11 |
| NHS Western Isles | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | 385 | 342 | 343 |
Waste water monitoring to pinpoint fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the local system continues in Scotland. The last recorded results (24th January 2024) for the area served by the Kirkwall waste water system continues to show positive results.
National Records of Scotland has published its latest report on weekly deaths.
The provisional total number of deaths registered in Scotland in week 4 of 2024 (22nd January to 28th January) was 1,361 (64 or 4% lower than the 5-year average). There were 31 deaths mentioning COVID-19.
Those figures in more detail
Deaths involving Covid
- Age 45 – 64: 1 death, female
- Age 65 – 74: 3 deaths, 1 female, 2 male
- Age 75 – 84: 14 deaths, 4 female, 10 male
- Age 85+ : 13 deaths, 9 female, 4 male
There were 31 deaths involving Covid, Covid was the main cause in 22 of them. There was 1 death in a Care home, 2 at Home/Non Institutional Setting, and 28 in Hospital.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic there have been 18,562 deaths involving Covid in Scotland, and 14,634 deaths where Covid was the main cause.
There were 1,361 deaths due to all causes. There were excess deaths in Respiratory +10 and Other Causes +40.
Fiona Grahame
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