No new coronavirus deaths or cases for a week in Moray
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NO new coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in Moray since last week's update.
Today's weekly update, released by the National Records of Scotland, showed no Moray residents died due to coronavirus between June 1 and June 7.
The number of deaths in Moray since the outbreak began remains 19, with five people having died between May 25 and May 31.
There has also been no rise in the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Moray since last Monday – with the confirmed total since the outbreak began remaining at 78.
Grampian-wide, 245 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed – a rise of five since last Wednesday. 1287 cases of the virus have been confirmed across the NHS Grampian health board area.
Aberdeenshire (pop: 261,500) has seen 111 deaths from 434 confirmed cases of covid-19, while Aberdeen City (pop: 227,500) has seen 115 deaths from 761 cases. Highland has 197 positive cases and 49 deaths (population 235,500).
Across Scotland, 4000 people have died due to coronavirus, according to NRS figures. That includes all deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, even if they person hadn't tested positive for covid-19.
Of those, 89 occurred between June 1 and June 7. That is down on the 131 deaths recorded the week prior.
47 per cent of this week's deaths occurred in care homes. 76 per cent of deaths since the outbreak began have been people aged more than 75.
Pete Whitehouse, director of statistical services with the National Records of Scotland, said: "Every death from this virus is a tragedy. These statistics, 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 Scotland.
"Across Scotland, he number of covid-19 related deaths registered in the week ending June 7 was 89 – the lowest weekly total since late March.
"Our aim is to ensure that our statistical publication provides information that is as useful as possible and adds value to the understanding of how the virus is spreading throughout the country. We will continue to review and develop these statistics as new information is made available.”
The Scottish Government's daily update showed a total of 2434 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. 130,104 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs, with 114,439 negative tests and 15,665 positive. A total of 3839 have been discharged from hospital after testing positive.
Coronavirus deaths by local authority
Glasgow City: 620
City of Edinburgh: 407
South Lanarkshire: 295
North Lanarkshire: 257
Renfrewshire: 198
Fife: 192
Dundee City: 160
East Dunbartonshire: 134
Falkirk: 126
West Dunbartonshire: 121
Midlothian: 116
Aberdeen City: 115
Inverclyde: 112
Aberdeenshire: 111
South Ayrshire: 106
North Ayrshire: 104
East Renfrewshire: 98
West Lothian: 87
East Lothian: 78
East Ayrshire: 72
Angus: 72
Scottish Borders: 68
Perth and Kinross: 66
Argyll and Bute: 64
Stirling: 54
Highland: 49
Dumfries and Galloway: 47
Clackmannanshire: 43
MORAY: 19
Shetland: 7
Orkney: 2
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 0
Coronavirus cases by local authority
Glasgow City: 2038 (*pop: 630,000)
City of Edinburgh: 1602 (pop: 518,500)
North Lanarkshire: 1004 (pop: 340,000)
South Lanarkshire: 993 (pop: 320,000)
Dundee City: 920 (pop: 149,000)
Fife: 880 (pop: 372,000)
Aberdeen City: 761 (pop: 227,500)
Falkirk: 561 (pop: 160,000)
Renfrewshire: 533 (pop: 178,000)
Midlothian: 483 (pop: 92,000)
Angus: 435 pop: (116,000)
Aberdeenshire: 434 (pop: 261,500)
East Dunbartonshire: 433 (pop: 108,000)
West Lothian: 415 (pop: 182,000)
East Ayrshire: 375 (pop: 122,000)
West Dunbartonshire: 349 (pop: 89,000)
North Ayrshire: 349 (pop: 135,000)
South Ayrshire: 339 (pop: 112,500)
Scottish Borders: 327 (pop: 115,000)
Perth and Kinross: 323 (pop: 151,000)
Inverclyde: 315 (pop: 78,000)
East Renfrewshire: 291 (pop: 95,000)
Dumfries and Galloway: 261 (pop: 149,000)
East Lothian: 240 (pop: 106,000)
Stirling: 210 (pop: 95,000)
Highland: 197 (pop: 235,500)
Clackmannanshire: 178 (pop: 51,500)
Argyll and Bute: 139 (pop: 86,000)
MORAY: 78 (pop: 95,500)
Shetland: 54 (pop: 23,000)
Orkney: 8 (pop: 22,200)
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 6 (pop: 26,800)
*population estimates based on 2018 figures.
