SPRING COVID BOOSTERS
Stromness Surgery are holding Covid Vaccine Clinics at the Surgery on Tues 23 & Thurs 25 April. These boosters are for patients age 75 & over – born on or before 30 June 1949. Phone the Surgery on 850205 to make an appointment.
The Number of acute COVID-19 admissions to hospital in Scotland week ending 24th March 2024 was 48, compared to 78 the previous week.
| Health Board of Treatment | 10 Mar 24 | 17 Mar 24 | 24 Mar 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| NHS Borders | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| NHS Fife | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| NHS Grampian | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 24 | 17 | 11 |
| NHS Highland | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| NHS Lothian | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| NHS Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Tayside | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| NHS Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 77 | 78 | 48 |
The Number of inpatients with COVID-19 in hospital (seven day average) for the same period was 124, an increase from the previous week from 109.
| Health Board of Treatment | 10 Mar 24 | 17 Mar 24 | 28 Mar 24 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| NHS Borders | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| NHS Fife | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| NHS Grampian | 13 | 12 | 15 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 30 | 37 | 59 |
| NHS Highland | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 18 | 13 | 8 |
| NHS Lothian | 21 | 19 | 15 |
| NHS Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Tayside | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| NHS Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | 116 | 109 | 124 |
Between 28 March and 3 October 2024, PHS (Public Health Scotland) has moved to dashboard only updates for respiratory infection and COVID-19 surveillance on a four weekly basis and are reducing the frequency of the accompanying narrative report to monthly. The next report will be on 18 April.
The last published data for Orkney was on 12th March 24.
National Record of Scotland published the weekly deaths on 28th March 2024.
The provisional total number of deaths registered in Scotland in week 12 of 2024 (18th March to 24th March) was 1,262 (85 or 6% lower than the expected number of deaths in week 12). There were 10 deaths mentioning COVID-19.
Those figures in more detail.
Deaths involving Covid
- Age 65 – 74: 1 death, male
- Age 75 – 84: 3 deaths, 1 female, 2 male
- Age 85+ : 6 deaths, 2 female, 4 male
There were 10 deaths involving Covid – Covid was the main cause in 7 of them. There was 1 death in a Care Home, 1 at Home/Non-Institutional Setting, and 8 in Hospital.
There were 1,262 deaths due to all causes.
Fiona Grahame