Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-34288

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 23 December 2020
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:

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/deaths-background-information/death-certificates-and-coding-the-causes-of-death

2 - includes all deaths registered up to 3 January 2021 where date of death was 1 December 2020 or later.

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