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This is stated in documents from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) infection control body. The figures correspond to samples taken between November 14 and December 14 and the mutation has been found in 0.4 percent of positive responses.
Given that only 13.5 percent of the total number of positive samples were tested during the period, it is likely that more than 33 were infected with the mutated virus, SSI estimates.
This is the N501Y variant, which British researchers say may be around 70 percent more contagious than the parent virus. However, there is no evidence that N501Y leads to more severe disease symptoms.
At the same time, there are some positive signs.
More than 80,000 people were quickly tested for COVID-19 in Denmark the day before Christmas Eve, about 10,000 more than the day before. The proportion of infected was only 1.35 percent, the lowest since rapid tests began.
– December 23 was the most difficult day we had, says ambulance director Jørgen Mieritz in Falck.
He says there are big geographic differences. In Hvidovre, up to 3.9 percent tested positive.
Four private companies have started rapid corona tests in Denmark and the proportion of positives has decreased since December 16, with the exception of a single peak. This is in line with general health care test results.
The gratifying figures should be read with reservations: on the one hand, there are many more who test themselves and are generally asymptomatic, and on the other hand, rapid tests are only 70-80 percent accurate, against 98 percent. percent certainty of PCR tests used by public health. Therefore, rapid tests in Denmark are not recommended for those who have symptoms or have close contact with covid patients.
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