As at 21 November 2021, 12,028 deaths have been registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate, according to statistics published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS).

In the week 15 to 21 November, 94 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, a decrease of 22 deaths from the previous week.

17 deaths were of people aged under 65, 16 were aged 65-74 and there were 61 deaths in people aged 75 or over. 50 deaths were male and 44 were female.

Glasgow City (13 deaths), Falkirk (8 deaths) and Fife (7 deaths) had the highest numbers of deaths at council level.

In total, 28 (out of 32) council areas had at least one death last week.

69 deaths were in hospitals, 10 were in care homes, 14 were at home or in a non-institutional setting, and one death was in another institutional setting.

Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said:

“The latest figures show that last week there were 94 deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

“This is 22 fewer deaths than the previous week.”

“The number of deaths from all causes registered in Scotland in this week was 1,265, which is 126, or 11%, more than the five-year average.”