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Displays tracking data in the latest FHI weekly report.
So far, 3,108 cases have been reported in week 52. This is a 6 percent increase compared to week 51, when 2,934 cases were reported. At the same time, there was a decrease in the number of test takers of 26 percent in the last week.
After a decrease in the proportion of positives among those examined from week 47 to week 51, the proportion increased from 2% at week 51 to 2.9% at week 52.
At week 52, 62 new hospitalized patients and 18 deaths have been reported so far.
Waiting for Christmas effect
Several local outbreaks have led to an increase in the number of reported cases in Rogaland, Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal. Oslo and Viken still have the highest incidence of infection and account for 52 percent of cases reported in week 52. There is still a decrease in the two counties.
– The situation in Norway is unstable with many ongoing outbreaks and the risk of a continued increase in the spread of the infection in the coming week, writes FHI.
According to the institute, there has probably been a somewhat larger increase in new cases over Christmas than has been recorded, as there has been a decrease in testing activity over the Christmas weekend and the proportion of positive samples has increased. significantly.
Five cases of the British variant
– We are concerned that the numbers may increase even more in the coming weeks, after the Christmas holidays with more social gatherings and more travel activity domestically and abroad.
The British variant of the virus has so far been detected in five out of 17 samples tested from UK import cases. The five people who have been diagnosed with this variant arrived in Norway in December.
The variant has not been seen in other follow-up tests, writes the National Institute of Public Health.
