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– Due to the situation, which is very serious but where we see continuous regional differences in the country, we have continued to dialogue with several of the regions that have had strong increases and also consequences of the management of the number of covid-19 cases in the regions . Therefore, the director general of the Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to further toughen the local general councils, says Karin Tegmark Wisell, head of department at the Swedish Public Health Agency.
The reason is that man In Kronoberg and Sörmland you see a sharp increase in infection and are also beginning to see strained medical care.
– What we see is that we no longer only have a widespread spread of the infection in society, but it is also beginning to spread to hospitals. More and more people need to seek care, says Kronoberg infection control doctor Christian Blomkvist.
In these regions, residents are urged to avoid staying indoors in stores and malls. Necessary visits to supermarkets and pharmacies are excluded.
It is important to avoid contacts for more than 15 minutes and less than 1-1.5 meters away, with people outside the home.
– Necessary close contact with, for example, healthcare personnel is not covered, says Tegmark Wisell.
The decision is valid until November 26, but can be extended.
The infection keeps increasing in the country, according to Karin Tegmark Wisell.
– Unfortunately we will go higher this week compared to last week.
The number of individuals sampled also increases during the fall. Only in Jämtland Härjedalen does not see a significant increase.
– The situation is serious, says Karin Tegmark Wisell.
The number of people The intensive care unit for covid-19 in Sweden is 90 people. 661 people are treated in hospitals outside of VAT.
– We also understand that the greater spread of the infection in the country will lead in the short term to more patients in hospital care, it takes an average of one week, says Thomas Lindén, department head of the National Board of Health and Welfare.
The testing needs have increased and we now have nearly 190,000 individuals sampled per week.
– During v. 44 was as much as 9.7, which is a big increase from the previous week when we had 5.6 percent positive responses.
47.6 million covid-19 cases and 1.2 million deaths worldwide, according to the latest figures from the Swedish Public Health Agency.
– We see a continuous increase in covid-19 cases in the world, says Karin Tegmark Wisell, head of department, Public Health Agency.
Karin Tegmark Wisell says that there is an epicenter in Europe, but also many cases in the United States and some countries in South America.
As usual, the Swedish Public Health Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency will participate in today’s press conference.
