Daily COVID-19 Cases in Scotland

This dataset provides information on the daily and cumulative number of positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, including cumulative number of positive cases at health board and council area level, and deaths at Scotland level. Please note that 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.

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. We now have spread of COVID-19 within communities in the UK.

Information on COVID-19, including stay at home advice for people who are self-isolating and their households, can be found on NHS Inform.

Data visualisation of Scottish COVID-19 cases is available on the Scotland COVID-19 dashboard.

Further information on coronavirus in Scotland is available on the Scottish Government – Coronavirus in Scotland page, where further breakdown of coronavirus data is also published daily.

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Cases By Health BoardCSV
Cumulative number of positive COVID-19 cases at health board level.
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Cases By Council AreaCSV
Cumulative number of positive COVID-19 cases at council area level.
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Daily and Cumulative CasesCSV
Daily and cumulative positive COVID-19 cases at Scotland level, also...
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Additional Info

Field	Value
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.
Author	PHS Open Data Team
Last Updated	July 7, 2020, 14:13 (BST)
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.
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.
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.
Disclosure	No disclosure applied
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	COVID-19 Scotland dashboard NHS Inform - Coronavirus Health Protection Scotland - COVID-19 Scottish Government - COVID-19 5* Open Data Scottish Government - COVID-19 3* Open Data Scottish Government – Coronavirus in Scotland Scottish Government – Coronavirus: daily data for Scotland Public Health England COVID-19 Dashboard Public Health Wales COVID-19 Dashboard Northern Ireland COVID-19 Statistics Portal