Thread by @_CatintheHat

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Something unusual & concerning in Scotland’s Covid data in the last few weeks.

There’s been a sharp rise in the proportion of hospitalised Covid cases which are children.

Currently over half of all Covid hospitalisations in Scotland are kids aged 0-14 years.

(h/t @gwladwr)

The data also shows that, since January, Covid incidence rates for these younger age groups have been going into the ‘high’ (dark blue) and ‘very high’ (purple) classifications, particularly the 1-4 years age group.

I’ve also taken a look at the England data and Covid positivity rates have been rising sharply in recent weeks in the 0-14 age groups.

Definitely one to watch in the coming weeks…

Data sources:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 publichealthscotland.scot/media/37433/we…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6995d36c…