Scotland recorded the highest weekly number of flu deaths in 20 years last week, figures show. Statistics released by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Thursday show the deaths of 121 people from flu were registered, an increase of 91 from the previous week.
The number of people who died as a result of Covid-19 also increased last week, with 101 fatalities registered that mentioned the virus on the death certificate, up 17 from the previous week. As of January 15, 16,568 deaths have been registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Nine people in total have died as a result of adverse effects of the Covid-19 vaccine, with four further deaths where an adverse effect was mentioned on the death certificate. There was no change to this number in December 2022.
