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Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland

The NRS weekly data is also available on the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 dashboard. [1]

Last update: 24 February 2021National Statistics Icon
Next update: 3 March 2021
Frequency: See Note        

Key Findings

  • As at the 21st of February, there have been a total of 9,347 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 7 (15 February to 21 February), there were 290 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This is a decrease of 35 deaths on the previous week.
  • Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
    • 65% (189 deaths) were aged 75+, and 15% (43 deaths) were aged under 65.
    • 48% were male (140 deaths) and 52% female (150 deaths).
    • There were 94 deaths in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area, 54 in Lanarkshire and 29 in Lothian.
    • At council level, the highest number of deaths occurred in Glasgow City (34), South Lanarkshire (29) and Renfrewshire (26).
    • The majority of deaths (81%) occurred in hospitals (235 deaths), with 34 deaths in care homes, 20 at home or in non-institutional settings and 1 death in another institution type.

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 [9].

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Links
[1] https://data.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/detail.html
[2] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-report-week-07.pdf
[3] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-data-week-07.xlsx
[4] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-data-week-07.zip
[5] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2021/deaths-involving-covid-19-week-7-15-feb-21-feb
[6] https://statistics.gov.scot/data/deaths-involving-coronavirus-covid-19
[7] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/weekly-and-monthly-data-on-births-and-deaths/deaths-involving-coronavirus-covid-19-in-scotland/related-statistics
[8] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/weekly-and-monthly-data-on-births-and-deaths/deaths-involving-coronavirus-covid-19-in-scotland/archive
[9] https://data.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/
[10] mailto:statisticscustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
[11] mailto:communications@nrscotland.gov.uk