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The NIPH sees signs that vaccination helps protect the groups most at risk.
In the past five weeks, there has been a sharp increase in the spread of infection in most age groups in Norway, but not among the oldest, who have the highest vaccination coverage, the National Institute reports on Wednesday. of Public Health.
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In the last five weeks, the spread of infection has increased considerably in most age groups in Norway, especially among the very young. The same pattern is not seen in the age groups 85 years and older and 80 to 84 years, which have the highest vaccination coverage. This may mean that vaccination already helps protect groups most at risk of severe progression if they become infected, says Geir Bukholm, director of infection control at NIPH, according to a news release.
He adds that NIPH will closely monitor the situation in the future when more and more groups are offered vaccines.
The first dose of vaccine in Norway was set on December 27 last year. Nursing home residents and the population over 85 were the first to be prioritized. Up to week 11, 81 percent of these have received the second dose of vaccine (over 85 years).
In the age group 80 to 94 years, 54 percent have been vaccinated with the second dose.
Vaccination of people in the age group 75 to 84 years is ongoing.
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New weekly record in cases of contagion
At week 11, there was a preliminary record in the number of coronary cases detected. A total of 6,328 people were diagnosed with coronary heart disease, writes FHI.
This is the highest number of cases reported in a week since the start of the pandemic, writes the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in the weekly report.
The figure is somewhat lower than what appears in FHI statistics, which show that 6,505 people were diagnosed with an infection last week.
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The number is 12 percent higher than in week 10, but the increase in the number of reported cases is still somewhat less pronounced than in previous weeks, according to FHI.
At the same time, the number of tests has had a slight decrease of 2 percent, while the proportion of positive tests has increased from 1.52 percent in week 6 to 3.34 percent in week 11.
189,737 Norwegians conducted covid-19 tests last week.
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Increase in the number of admissions
The trend in the number of new hospital admissions, with covid-19 as the main reason for hospitalization, has been increasing in recent weeks.
– There are currently reports of 202 new admissions in week 11, the second highest number of new admissions in a week during the pandemic and a 22 percent increase from week 10 (166). There is a growing trend in Oslo, Viken, Rogaland and Vestland, writes FHI in the weekly report.
The number of new admissions in Oslo, Viken and Rogaland is at its highest level since the end of March last year.
According to FHI, there has been an increasing trend in the age groups of 20 to 79 years in recent weeks. At week 11, 18 new admissions were reported in the age group 20-29 years, after six or fewer in the last few weeks. This is by far the highest number reported in that age group in one week.
43 people were also admitted to the intensive care unit in week 11. This is the highest number in a week since the end of March last year.
The R number
As new records are being set, FHI’s calculations show that the R number is about to drop:
The R number is now estimated at 1.3 nationally, but with large differences between counties. It is down from 1.4 from last week.
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