COVID-19 Deaths in Scotland
Are there really no deaths involving COVID-19 in Scotland?
3 min readAug 8, 2020
Many media outlets report there are no new deaths involving COVID-19 in Scotland. For example, The Scotsman wrote on 1st August:
No Covid-19 deaths in Scotland for 16 days as 18 new cases confirmed
On 29th July, The National had the headline:
Covid-19: Scotland records 12th day with no virus deaths
These statements refer to the daily measure produced by Public Health Scotland. In…