Coronavirus related deaths in Scotland increase sharply with virus claiming 29 lives in the Highlands
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Stark new statistics reveal that almost 1000 people have been confirmed or suspected to have died because of the coronavirus in Scotland, including another 13 in the NHS Highland area.
A total of 962 deaths have been registered where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to April 12, according to statistics published by National Records of Scotland (NRS).
In the NHS Highland area – which includes Argyll and Bute – 29 people have died from the infection. Up to March 30 just five people had fallen victim to the virus but the following week that rose to 11 and now a further 13 people have lost their lives.
In a more detailed breakdown of the numbers the majority of those were in hospitals – 596 but 237 died in care homes across the country while 128 others died at home and one elsewhere.
To place these statistics in context, the total number of deaths registered in Scotland from
Nationally for the week of April 6 – 12, 608 deaths relating to coronavirus have been registered which is a rise of 282 deaths on the previous week and accounts for 31 per cent of all deaths registered that week.
Almost 70 per cent of all registered deaths involving Covid-19 to date were people aged 75 or over.
Pete Whitehouse, director of statistical services at the NRS, said: “All of these deaths are tragic for the families involved. These statistics, when placed alongside the other important evidence being made available by the Scottish Government and Health Protection Scotland (HPS), are valuable to the understanding of the progress and impact of the COVID-19 virus across the country.”
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