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There have been 20.6 infected per 100,000 inhabitants in weeks 35 and 36 in total, writes FHI in its new weekly report.
Therefore, the infection in Norway is at a red level.
The increase in cases of infection recorded to 728 at week 36 is almost double the normal at weeks 32 to 35. During these weeks, the number of infections has varied from 357 to 377.
It is largely the local eruptions in Bergen and in Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg that are behind.
“Relatively low level”
However, the overall assessment of FHI is that the spread of infection is still at a “relatively low level overall in the population nationwide.”
FHI also notes that no increase in hospital admissions or deaths has been observed.
“One explanation is that the infection in recent weeks has occurred primarily in younger people at low risk of a severe course,” writes FHI in the weekly report. “At the same time, extensive testing and infection tracking is likely to help us discover more cases with a mild course.”
According to FHI calculations, the so-called reproduction figure (R) has been 0.72 after 1 August. This means that each infected person infects an average of 0.72 new people.
The probability that R is actually greater than 1 is calculated as 19%.
Only 1.2 percent have been infected
All in all, FHI estimates that 1.2 percent of Norway’s population has been infected with the coronavirus.
This is confirmed by weekly tests in which Norwegians have been invited to take a blood sample to test for antibodies against the coronavirus. In total, more than 6,000 people participated in these surveys and antibodies were detected in 1.2 percent of all those tested.
At the same time, mathematical models indicate that up to 2,053 people were contagious in Norway on September 7.
