Stay Safe Dundee Weekly Briefing: 4–10 December 2020

Stay Safe Dundee’s weekly briefings occur each Sunday which provides information on the number of cases, number of people in hospital and ICU and the differences from the week before.

Summary

Positive cases (183, +31 from last week)

This week has seen a decrease in the number of cases from last week which stood at 152, it is now increased by 31 to 183.

7 day positive rate (122.6, +20.8 from last week)

The 7 day positive rate has decreased by quite a bit. An 20.8 increase isn’t good but if we stick with it, we can get this to decrease.

Patients in hospital (81, +11 from last week)

81 patients were admitted to hospital in the NHS Tayside area which is a increase of 11 from last week.

ICU patients (5, no change from last week)

However, despite this, ICU patients have remained at 5 from the last week.

Cases by neighbourhood

Cases across Dundee City have increased in areas across the city. Many areas have entered the 100,000 per 7 days which is not so much welcoming. The largest area which has new cases is the Perth Road area with 19 new cases and there are 11 areas in Dundee which have 1–4 cases.

• Ardler and St Marys — 11 new cases
• Balgay — 10 new cases
• Barnhill — 1–4 new cases
• Baxter Park — 6 new cases
• Broughty Ferry East — 1–4 new cases
• Broughty Ferry West — 5 new cases
• Caird Park — 1–4 new cases
• Charleston — 6 new cases
• City Centre — 1–4 new cases
• Craigie — 1–4 new cases
• Docks and Wellgate — 8 new cases
• Douglas East — 1–4 new cases
• Douglas West — 8 new cases
• Downfield — 5 new cases
• Fairmuir — 1–4 new cases
• Fintry — 8 new cases
• Hilltown — 6 new cases
• Kirkton — 1–4 new cases
• Law — 9 new cases
• Linlathen and Midcraigie — 5 new cases
• Lochee — 7 new cases
• Logie and Blackness — 6 new cases
• Menzieshill — 1–4 new cases
• Perth Road — 19 new cases
• Stobswell — 8 new cases
• The Glens — 1–4 new cases
• West Ferry — 1–4 new cases
• West Pikerro — 11 new cases
• West End — 11 new cases
• Western Edge — 1–4 new cases
• Whitfield — 1–4 new cases

Number of areas with cases

• There are 13 areas in Dundee City with 1–4 cases
• There are 13 areas in Dundee with 5–9cases
• There are 5 areas in Dundee with 10–19 cases

Weekly trend

The number of cases have increased throughout the period of last week however it has decreased in the final days of last week. It is good to see that no deaths have been recorded.