
919 patients were in hospital with COVID-19, a 12.1% increase from the previous week ending 05 March 2023 (820)
919 patients were in hospital with COVID-19, a 12.1% increase from the previous week ending 05 March 2023 (820)
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is an indicative measure of the pressure on hospitals, as these patients still require isolation from other patients for infection control purpose
There were on average 715 patients in hospital with COVID-19
There were on average 715 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 1.9% increase from the previous week ending 12 February 2023 (702)
There were 702 patients in hospital with Covid The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital is an indicative measure of the pressure on hospitals, as these patients still require isolation from other patients for infection control purposes.
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 on average 734 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 17.6% decrease from the previous week ending 22 January 2023 (891).
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.
In the week ending 22 January 2023, there were on average 891 patients in hospital with COVID-19, a 22.3% decrease from the previous week ending 15 January 2023 (1,147)
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.