Ahead of the move to level 0 restrictions on Monday, Scotland has recorded 30 coronvirus-related deaths in the past week according to the latest figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS).
The number of fatalities registered by the NRS between July 5 and 11 was up nine from the previous week, when 21 deaths were recorded.
It means that as of Sunday, 10,220 deaths have now been registered in Scotland with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate.
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According to the NRS, the highest Covid death rates in the country are in Glasgow, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire.
In the past week, four deaths were recorded in both Glasgow and South Lanarkshire, five were in Edinburgh and the rest spread across 14 other council areas.
The death rates of people in large urban areas show that those who have contracted Covid are 3.7 times as likely to die as those in remote rural areas, after adjusting for age.
11 July 2021: 10,220 COVID-related deaths registered. 30 registered in the latest week, increase of 8 from previous week. 5 deaths in City of Edinburgh, 4 in each of Glasgow City & S Lanarkshire, 14 in other council areas. Full report: https://t.co/61kd2opGs1 #NRSStats #COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/EvTiI4Mirm
— NatRecordsScot (@NatRecordsScot) July 14, 2021
Pete Whitehouse, NRS director of statistical services, said: “Five of the Covid-related deaths last week were aged under 65, four were aged 65-74 and there were 21 deaths among people aged 75 or over.
“Nine were female and 21 were male.
“After adjusting for age, Covid-related death rates for males are significantly higher than for females.
“In the period from March 2020 to June 2021, Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of 176 males per 100,000 population compared to 121 females per 100,000.
“There have been four deaths where the underlying cause was adverse effects of Covid-19 vaccines. There have been no vaccine-related deaths in the latest month.
“By June 30 2021, statistics from Public Health Scotland state that 3.82 million people had been given at least one vaccine dose.”
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The NRS statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
The latest weekly statistics come after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Scotland will go ahead with plans to further ease coronavirus restrictions next week.
Level 0 measures mean that from Monday, up to eight people from up to four households can meet within homes, while outside up to 15 people from 15 households can get together either in private gardens or public places.
Up to 200 people will be able to attend weddings and funerals, but under new changes made by the Scottish Government in response to high numbers of Covid cases in recent weeks, hospitality venues will have to shut at midnight.
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