Number of positive covid-19 cases who are fully vaccinated: FOI release

Information requested

Given the recent spike in cases, can you please advise the numbers of people who have returned a positive covid test who are fully vaccinated.

Response

As per Public Health Scotland published data, the COVID-19 case rate remains higher in unvaccinated individuals compared to vaccinated. From 07 August – 13 August 2021, the case rate in unvaccinated populations was 397 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 individuals, compared to 110 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 individuals vaccinated with 2 doses.

	Number of Covid-19 cases/Number of people eligible for vaccination or vaccinated (%)
Week	Unvaccinated	1 Dose	2 Doses
17 July - 23 July 2021	4,978 / 1,098,313 (0.453%)	2,379 / 973,027 (0.244%)	3,043 / 2,851,980 (0.107%)
24 July - 30 July 2021	3,707 / 1,024,163 (0.362%)	1,798 / 954,051 (0.188%)	2,489 / 2,945,106 (0.085%)
31 July - 06 Aug 2021	3,439 / 975,351 (0.353%)	1,963 / 894,184 (0.220%)	2,696 / 3,053,785 (0.088%)
07 Aug - 13 Aug 2021	3,775 / 951,233 (0.397%)	2,105 / 803,213 (0.262%)	3,471 / 3,168,874 (0.110%)

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