During the week ending 22nd July, reported cases in St Andrews fell from 27 to 14 and, in Fife overall, from 1206 to 930 during the same period.
Covid-19 infection rates in the St Andrews neighbourhoods, per 100,000 population were: Central: 110 (7cases), South West 161 (7 cases) and the virus was supressed (< 2) in SE St Andrews and in North and Strathkinness – down from 111 (6 cases).
The current population-based Fife Covid infection rate figure is 244 per 100,000 (311 a week ago). However, because of the time lag between diagnosis and hospitalisation, hospital Covid admissions continue to rise: 42 in hospital in Fife on the 20th vs 35 a week previously. Nevertheless, there are still less than 5 patients in intensive care (there have been <5 since 17th February).
The latest update by St Andrews University on the 22nd July reported 8 new case of Covid-19 during the previous week (11 the week before) – 5 staff and 3 students. 5 staff and 8 students were self-isolating during the week. The total number of cases (students plus staff) since 1st September 2020 is 345.
For Scottish Government news go to https://news.gov.scot/.for the latest Scottish coronavirus figures go to: https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/ and click here to go to go directly the Public Health Scotland dashboard for all Scottish coronavirus data.
For the latest global coronavirus data go to: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
The BBC provides an excellent daily update of Covid-19 data at national Scottish and local authority level.
Click here for an account of why the UK was unprepared for a pandemic and was critically short of ventilators and here for an account of how the UK got its testing strategy wrong and here for an account of how advice to purchase protective equipment for health workers was rejected on account of the cost. And here for potential problems with Scotland’s test, trace and isolate programme.
Picture: Coronavirus particles under the electron microscope
