
There were 45 deaths involving COVID-19 (3 fewer than the previous week).
There were 45 deaths involving COVID-19 (3 fewer than the previous week).
There were 48 deaths involving COVID-19 (13 more than the previous week).
As at the 12th of February 2023, there have been a total of 16,780 deaths registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate. In the latest week there were 35 deaths, 5 more than the previous week.
In the most recent week ending 05 February 2023, on average there were 716 patients in hospital with COVID-19 which is a 2.5% decrease from the previous week ending 29 January 2023, when on average there were 734 patients.
There were 30 deaths involving COVID-19 (25 fewer than the previous week).
There were 54 deaths involving COVID-19 (30 fewer than the previous week).
“Predictions based on current emissions reveal that heat-related illness and death will become a bigger burden to our health services over the next decades.” ISGlobal researcher Tamara Iungman
There were 1,699 deaths due to all causes, an excess of 277 taken over a 5 year average. In Orkney there were 8 deaths, 1 of which involved Covid.
Of the 101 deaths involving Covid, Covid was the underlying cause in 74 of them. There were 121 deaths where influenza was mentioned on the death certificate in week 2, up from 91 in the previous week. This is the highest weekly number of flu deaths registered in over twenty years.
In the week ending 15 January 2023, there were on average 1,147 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 11.6% decrease from the previous week ending 08 January 2023 (1,297)