Coronavirus figures for Wednesday 6 January

Scottish numbers: 6 January 2021

Summary

• 2,039 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 21,101 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 10.5% of these were positive
• 68 new reported deaths of people who have tested positive
• 95 people are in intensive care with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 1,384 people are in hospital with recently confirmed COVID-19

Local area data

• Public Health Scotland’s interactive dashboard now provides a map showing the number of cases in local areas, as well as trends for local authorities and NHS boards

UK FIGURES for WEDNESDAY 6th JANUARY

62,322 new cases were reported across the UK yesterday.

There have now been more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and over 75,000 people have died, latest government figures show.

However, these figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus and other measures suggest the number of deaths is higher.