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ARCHIVED - Weekly COVID-19 Statistical Data in Scotland Edit

This open data publication has moved to COVID-19 Statistical Data in Scotland (from 02/11/2022)\r\n\r\nNovel 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. This dataset provides information on demographic characteristics (age, sex, deprivation) of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, as well as trend data regarding the wider impact of the virus on the healthcare system. Data includes information on primary care out of hours consultations, respiratory calls made to NHS24, contact with COVID-19 Hubs and Assessment Centres, incidents received by Scottish Ambulance Services (SAS), as well as COVID-19 related hospital admissions and admissions to ICU (Intensive Care Unit). Further data on the wider impact of the COVID-19 response, focusing on hospital admissions, unscheduled care and volume of calls to NHS24, is available on the COVID-19 Wider Impact Dashboard.\r\n\r\nThere is a large amount of data being regularly published regarding COVID-19 (for example, Coronavirus in Scotland \u2013 Scottish Government and Deaths involving coronavirus in Scotland \u2013 National Records of Scotland. Additional data sources relating to this topic area are provided in the Links section of the Metadata below. Information on COVID-19, including stay at home advice for people who are self-isolating and their households, can be found on NHS Inform. \r\n\r\nAll publications and supporting material to this topic area can be found in the weekly COVID-19 Statistical Report. The date of the next release can be found on our list of forthcoming publications.\r\n\r\nData visualisation is available to view in the interactive dashboard accompanying the COVID-19 Statistical Report. \r\n\r\n__Please note information on COVID-19 in children and young people of educational age, education staff and educational settings is presented in a new COVID-19 Education Surveillance dataset going forward.__

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License UK Open Government Licence v3.0
Category Business and Economy, Education, Health and Social Care
Maintainer Public Health Scotland
Date Created 2020-05-05
Date Updated 2022-12-22
Original dataset link https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/weekly-covid-19-statistical-data-in-scotland