Since the first death of coronavirus patient in Scotland was confirmed a year ago, the toll of lives lost north of the border with a link to the virus has reached more than 9,000.
On March 13, 2020, Scotland’s then chief medical officer, Dr Catherine Calderwood, said she was “saddened to report” a patient being treated for Covid-19 had died.
She said the patient, who was being treated by NHS Lothian, was an older person with pre-existing medical conditions.
#NRSStats show as at 7 March, 9,725 deaths have been registered in #Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. 141 deaths were registered from 1-7 March, a decrease of 89 deaths from the previous week. https://t.co/Ku0qgjLAn2 pic.twitter.com/bUWXxWcssq
— NatRecordsScot (@NatRecordsScot) March 10, 2021
At the time, the number of people with the virus in Scotland was 85, out of 3,314 tests.
The death was announced as safety fears were prompting the cancellation of events, including the Scottish Football Association announcing all fixtures were to be postponed.
The previous day, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced large gatherings requiring emergency support or which could impact the health service would stop from Monday.
Among other events called off on the Friday were the Wales v Scotland Six Nations rugby match, the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow and Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee.
He said school closures were “not necessarily going to happen”, but one week later they had.
Scotland, and the rest of the UK, entered lockdown 10 days after the first coronavirus death in Scotland, by which time the death toll north of the border had risen to 14, with 499 confirmed cases of the virus.
