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The COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Scotland on 1 March 2020. [1] Community transmission was first reported on 11 March 2020, and the first confirmed death was on 13 March 2020.
A total of 3,285 cases were recorded over 24 hours – beating the previous record set on Thursday and higher than daily totals in January.
The First Minister said the evidence pointed to vaccination working as, although case numbers were high, fewer people were having to go to hospital.
6 January – The latest Office for National Statistics data suggests almost three million people were infected with COVID-19 over the Christmas period (the highest since July 2022), with one in 20 having the virus in England, one in 18 in Wales, one in 25 in Scotland and one in 16 in Northern Ireland.
11 July – Data from Public Health Scotland indicates there were 49 COVID-related deaths in Scotland during the week ending 1 July, with numbers having increased on previous weeks, while data obtained by BBC News indicates that as many as 260,000 people in at risk groups had not received a booster vaccine during the Spring 2024 programme when ...
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Around 60% of patients in Scottish hospitals with COVID are there because of the virus, with the remainder having tested positive after admission for another condition, figures show. [ 15 ] 8 January – The latest Scottish Government figures show that 1,362 people were in hospital with COVID on 7 January, up from 897 over the New Year, roughly ...
Latest data shows there were 5,000 patients with the virus being treated in hospital at the end of last week - almost 3.5 times higher than the same week in 2023, although not as high as in 2022.