The Scottish Government has estimated that there are between 10,000 and 25,000 infectious people in Scotland on 29 May 2020, down from an upper estimate of 35,000 on 8 May.

The data published by Scotland Government shows the estimated number of infectious people in Scotland on 08 May to be around 35,000.

The data published by Scotland Government shows the estimated number of infectious people in Scotland on 08 May to be around 35,000.As of 29 May 2020, a total number of 111,085 people in Scotland have been tested through the National Health Service labs, out these estimations 95,758 were confirmed negative and 15,327 were tested positive. The Government had assessed that on 29 May 2020, the estimates of the infectious people will be around 10,000 and 25,000 in Scotland.

Scotland has been in lockdown since 23 March and did not make major changes to restrictions when they introduced in England earlier in May. The ministers of Scotland also believed that COVID-19 is spreading much more slowly than a few weeks ago. The statistics from Public Health Scotland(PHS) shows that the number of new infections has been steadily declined since from mid of April.

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