Question reference: S5W-34288
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each NHS board area have died since 1 December 2020 with COVID-19 recorded as the primary cause of death.
Answer
The following table has been provided by National Records of Scotland (NRS):
Deaths occurring from 1st December 2020 by underlying cause of death and Health Board of residence
Health Board of Residence | Underlying Cause of death | ||
other | COVID-19 | Total | |
Ayrshire and Arran | 388 | 74 | 462 |
Borders | 90 | 13 | 103 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 174 | 1 | 175 |
Fife | 309 | 54 | 363 |
Forth Valley | 246 | 29 | 275 |
Grampian | 460 | 70 | 530 |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 888 | 170 | 1058 |
Highland | 293 | 5 | 298 |
Lanarkshire | 526 | 136 | 662 |
Lothian | 594 | 117 | 711 |
Orkney | 26 | 0 | 26 |
Shetland | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Tayside | 380 | 45 | 425 |
Western Isles | 30 | 0 | 30 |
Total | 4420 | 714 | 5134 |
1 - For information on how underlying cause of death is determined, refer to the NRS website:
2 - includes all deaths registered up to 3 January 2021 where date of death was 1 December 2020 or later.