NHS Orkney has two more vaccination clinics 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:
- Monday 18 March 10am – 12pm
- Monday 25 March 10am – 12pm
If you require more information regarding your eligibility please call the team on 0300 303 5313, or visit: NHS Inform Winter Vaccines.
Covid Infection Information from Public Health Scotland, 13th March 2024.
The Number of acute COVID-19 admissions to hospital for the week ending 10th March has decreased to 80 from the previous week’s, 102.
| Health Board of Treatment | 25 Feb 24 | 3 Mar 24 | 10 Mar 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| NHS Borders | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| NHS Fife | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| NHS Grampian | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 26 | 25 | 24 |
| NHS Highland | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| NHS Lothian | 18 | 9 | 10 |
| NHS Orkney | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NHS Tayside | 5 | 17 | 12 |
| NHS Western Isles | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 93 | 102 | 80 |
For the same period the number of inpatients with COVID-19 in hospital (seven day average) had decreased to 116 from 137 from the previous week.
| Health Board of Treatment | 25 Feb 24 | 3 Mar 24 | 10 Mar 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| NHS Borders | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NHS Fife | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| NHS Grampian | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 27 | 32 | 30 |
| NHS Highland | 18 | 12 | 7 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 17 | 19 | 17 |
| NHS Lothian | 26 | 19 | 21 |
| NHS Orkney | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Tayside | 16 | 12 | 7 |
| NHS Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 149 | 137 | 116 |
Waste Water Monitoring for fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in local waste water samples
The latest published result for the area covered by the Kirkwall sewage system was 5th March, Weak Positive.
Deaths Registered in Scotland – National Records of Scotland, 14th March 2024
The provisional total number of deaths registered in Scotland in week 10 of 2024 (4th March to 10th March) was 1,206 (141 or 10% lower than the expected number of deaths in week 10). There were 13 deaths mentioning COVID-19
Those figures in more detail:
Deaths involving Covid:
- Age 45 – 64: 1 death, female
- Age 65 – 74: 2 deaths, 1 female, 1 male
- Age 75 – 84: 4 deaths, 3 female, 1 male
- Age 85+ : 6 deaths, 2 female, 4 male
There were 13 deaths involving Covid, Covid was the main cause in 9 of them.
There were 5 Covid related deaths in Care Homes and 8 in Hospital.
There were 1,206 deaths due to all causes.
Fiona Grahame
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