coronavirus across Scotland in the last week. As of 23 August, there have been a total of 4,222 deaths registered where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The weekly figures, released by the National Records for Scotland (NRS), account for all deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate and are separate to the hospital deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government.The NRS figures also include all suspected and probable cases of the virus.In the week, August 17 to 23, there were six deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, an increase of three from the previous week, August 10 to 16.Four of these deaths took place in a care home and two in a hospital.Last week was the last time the.