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Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland

Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland

The NRS weekly data is also available on the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 dashboard.

Last update: 10 February 2021National Statistics Icon
Next update: 17 February 2021
Frequency: See Note        

Key Findings

  • As at the 7th of February, there have been a total of 8,726 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 5 (01 February to 07 February), there were 374 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This is a decrease of 70 deaths on the previous week.
  • Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
    • 74% (275 deaths) were aged 75+, and 12% (44 deaths) were aged under 65.
    • 49% were male (183 deaths) and 51% female (191 deaths).
    • There were 103 deaths in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area, 65 in Lanarkshire and 42 in Lothian.
    • At council level, the highest number of deaths occurred in Glasgow City (56), North Lanarkshire (37) and South Lanarkshire (28).
    • The majority of deaths (75%) occurred in hospitals (281 deaths), with 68 deaths in care homes, 22 at home or in non-institutional settings and 3 in other institutions.

Frequency of this publication

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.

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