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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: 17 March 2021National Statistics Icon
Next update: 24 March 2021
Frequency: See Note        

Key Findings

  • As at the 14th of March, there have been a total of 9,831 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 10 (8 March to 14 March) there were 104 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, a decrease of 38 from the previous week (01 March to 07 March).
  • Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
    • 64% were aged 75+ (67 deaths), and 20% were aged under 65 (21 deaths).
    • 53% were male (55 deaths) and 47% female (49 deaths).
    • There were 28 deaths in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area, 22 in Lanarkshire and 15 in Lothian.
    • At council level, the highest number of deaths occurred in North Lanarkshire (13), Glasgow City (10) and South Lanarkshire (9).
    • The majority (83%) occurred in hospitals (86 deaths), with 14 deaths in care homes and 4 at home or in non-institutional settings.

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-10.pdf
[3] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-data-week-10.xlsx
[4] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-data-week-10.zip
[5] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2021/deaths-involving-covid-19-week-10-8-march-14-march
[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