Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland

Last update: 9 December 2020
Next update: 16 December 2020
Frequency: See Note        

	Report: Week 49 (PDF 290 KB)		Data and Charts (Excel     CSV)
	News Release (9 December 2020)		Open Data
	Related Statistics		Archive

Key Findings

• As at the 6th of December, there have been a total of 5,868 deaths registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate.
• Of the total number of deaths registered in week 49 (30 November to 6 December), there were 232 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, a decrease of 20 from the previous week (23 November to 29 November).
• Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
• 74% (171 deaths) were aged 75+, and 9% (21 deaths) were aged under 65.
• 55% were male (127 deaths) and 45% female (105 deaths).
• There were 73 deaths in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area, 53 in Lanarkshire and 34 in Ayrshire and Arran.
• At council level, the highest number of deaths occurred in Glasgow City (38), South Lanarkshire (31), North Lanarkshire (22) and Renfrewshire (22).  
• The majority (63%) occurred in hospitals (145 deaths), with 78 deaths in care homes and 9 at home or in non-institutional settings.

Change to frequency of this publication

National Records of Scotland (NRS) has been closely monitoring the weekly number of deaths, and given the increase in recent weeks, we have taken the decision to make additional weekly analysis available through this short publication providing  a weekly breakdown of deaths from all causes and deaths involving COVID-19.  

This weekly publication includes breakdowns by sex, age, health board, local authority and location of death.  It also includes an analysis of excess deaths by location and broad cause of death.

In addition, we publish a comprehensive and detailed analysis of mortality on a monthly basis.  This report includes analysis of deaths occurring in the previous month, and looks at age-standardised death rates, breakdown by deprivation, urban/rural, an analysis of leading causes of death and a breakdown by main pre-existing condition of those who died with COVID-19.  

NRS mortality data (COVID-19 and excess deaths) will continue to be made available on a weekly basis through the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 dashboard.

Contact Us

Please get in touch if you need any further information, or have any suggestions for improvement.

Statistics Customer Services telephone: (0131) 314 4299
E-mail: statisticscustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk

For media enquiries, please contact communications@nrscotland.gov.uk