Steve is spot on in that the number that makes the most sense and are less open to how they are collated etc are the excess deaths. The authorities collate the figures in three ways and all are published on the BBC site every day. If you look at the figures for Scotland compared to the UK as a whole then there is a wide variation on the comparisons dependent on what figures you use.

For the Deaths after 28 days of a positive test then Scotland makes up 6.6% of UK deaths; if you look at causes on the death certificate then it is 7.19%; and if you look at excess deaths in total then it is 8.2%.

Quite a variation!! I'd think the obvious one to go on is the excess deaths which shows the impact on Scotland compared to the UK.