Daily COVID-19 Cases in Scotland
Data and Resources
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Total Cases By Health BoardCSV
New reported daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19...
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Total Cases By Local AuthorityCSV
New reported daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19...
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Total Cases By Age and SexCSV
New reported daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19...
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Total Cases By DeprivationCSV
New reported cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases,...
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Daily and Cumulative CasesCSV
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases and deaths...
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Daily Case Trends By Health BoardCSV
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases, negative...
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Daily Case Trends By Local AuthorityCSV
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases, negative...
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Seven day trends by NeighbourhoodCSV
Seven day positive counts and rates for positive Covid-19 cases. Information...
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Daily Case Trends By Age and SexCSV
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases, negative...
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Daily Case Trends By DeprivationCSV
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases, negative...
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Tests By Health BoardCSV
New reported daily and cumulative number of COVID-19 tests at Health board...
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Tests by Local AuthorityCSV
New reported daily and cumulative number of COVID-19 tests at Local Authority...
Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Source | Case data reported by Health Protection Scotland (HPS) from a laboratory confirmed report , deaths from NRS records where a person has died within 28 days of a laboratory confirmed report of COVID-19. Testing data from NHS Scotland Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland (ECOSS). Hospital admissions from RAPID dataset, ICU admissions from Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG), linked to ECOSS testing data. |
Author | PHS Open Data Team |
Last Updated | March 8, 2021, 14:01 (GMT) |
Created | April 22, 2020, 13:47 (BST) |
Contact Address | Public Health Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB |
Subject | Coronavirus |
Frequency | Daily |
Time frame of data and timeliness | Case count is number of cases reported to HPS as of 08:00 (GMT), published at 14:00 (GMT) daily. |
Coverage | All cases in Scotland reported to Health Protection Scotland, including UK Government testing sites data. |
Completeness | Case data is based on cases reported to Health Protection Scotland by diagnostic laboratories, deaths are based on the number of individuals who die within 28 days of a laboratory confirmed report of COVID-19 and are registered with National Records for Scotland. |
Accuracy | There may be some minor fluctuations in the daily number of cases due to laboratory reporting delays and additional information becoming available, in which case the data is revised in a future next update. ICU Admissions: On 30th October it came to our attention that there is an ongoing issue when linking ICU data to the lab data for COVID-19 test results. Any COVID-19 positive patients with a missing CHI that had a first positive test in the community are unable to be linked to the ICU data. As a result the COVID-19 positive numbers could be underreported by a small number. |
Continuity of data | Data collection changed from lab reported line listings to an ECOSS feed on 21st March. From 18 June, the data released includes testing results from the UK Government’s Regional Testing Centres, as well as data from NHS Laboratories, including historic test results. Introducing the UK Government sites data has accounted for approximately 2.500 positive cases since the start of March. No dates were available in the UK Government Testing site data from 15-25 April. These samples have been assigned a specimen date in the midpoint of this date range (20 April), which causes an artificial spike in the daily trend data. Local Authority is derived from an individual’s postcode on the CHI (Community Health Index) database and testing data are reported using the latest postcode information. Therefore, if an individual changes postcode on CHI they may change Local Authority area. The CHI database is updated monthly. This may affect trend comparisons for the numbers of cases tested by Local Authority. From 14/12/2020 confirmed positive cases are now allocated to an area based on the postcode recorded in the testing system. Previously cases were allocated to local areas mainly based on their usual residential address recorded in the Community Health Index (CHI) database. This change will impact on newly reported cases on this day. |
Concepts and definitions | Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. Clinical presentation may range from mild-to-moderate illness to pneumonia or severe acute respiratory infection. COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on 12 March 2020. Case data is based on cases reported to HPS by diagnostic laboratories as of 08:00 (GMT). The data are based on a live data feed system which is subject to daily change. Therefore, the figures may differ from snapshot data that have been made public. There may be some minor fluctuations in the daily number of cases due to laboratory reporting delays and additional information becoming available. The number of deaths is defined as the total number of individuals who die within 28 days of a laboratory confirmed report of COVID-19 and are registered with National Records for Scotland. Please note that the updated methodology for determining COVID-19 related ICU admissions has been applied to the historic data. The updated definition is as follows: A patient who has tested positive for COVID at any time in the 21 days prior to admission to ICU, or who have tested positive from the data of admission up to and including the date of ICU discharge. |
Disclosure | Suppression of values 0-2 for 7 day counts of positive cases by neighbourhood area. |
Revision statement | There may be some minor fluctuations in the daily number of cases due to laboratory reporting delays and additional information becoming available, in which case the data is revised in a future next update. |
Format | csv |
Language | English |
Links | Public Health Scotland - Covid 19 Scotland dashboard PHS - Publishing small area COVID figures Scottish Government – Coronavirus in Scotland Scottish Government – Coronavirus: daily data for Scotland Public Health England COVID-19 Dashboard |