180,939 PCR tests and 700,832 lightning tests have been performed. The latter is not included in the statement, however, as there is too much uncertainty associated with test results from a lightning test.
It is not clear how many extra hours the figures cover.
The number of hospitalized corona patients decreases by 2 to 122. Of these, 27 are so ill that they are hospitalized in intensive care. 17 is in respirator.
This is the lowest number of inpatients since the end of October, when the number was down to 120.
In December and January, the number of hospitalized and fluctuated between 700 and 900.
According to Eskild Petersen, adjunct professor of infectious diseases at the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University, the seasonal effect will begin to have an impact on the development of the infection.
– The fact that it will be summer and that we are more outdoors will mean that the infection pressure drops further, he says.
Simultaneously with the infection figures, Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S) has published the current contact figure, which is 0.8. This means that the epidemic is declining.
Heunicke mentions the seasonal effect – the warmer weather – and the vaccines as primary causes.
On Wednesday, the parliamentary parties – with the exception of Nye Borgerlige – will negotiate a further reopening. Several parties want to abolish the corona passport.
A memorandum submitted by SSI on Wednesday states that high test activity is crucial to keep the epidemic in check, and the corona pass contributes to being tested often.
Eskild Petersen thinks the same. However, he suggests leaving the corona passport valid for four or five days.
– The number of tests will of course decrease, but if you are worried about spending a lot of money on tests, then it is a way to reduce the number of tests in a situation where the infection is under control, he says.
There have been no new deaths among corona infected.
Source: The Nordic Page