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In just one day, the total number of covid-19 cases in Skåne has increased by more than ten percent. With 1,410 new infections since yesterday, the curve points almost vertically upwards, shows the latest state report from the Skåne Region.
Total has Nearly 15,000 people from Skåne have had Covid-19 since the infection reached the region in early March. More than a tenth of these cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
This means that the infection is spreading in Skåne at a faster rate than ever.
Therefore, the stricter restrictions that were introduced for the Skåne population in October do not appear to have had any effect.
It is true that I have also more Scans than ever were tested for the new coronavirus. Last week 31,470 samples were analyzed, 8,000 more than two weeks earlier.
But the proportion of positive test results is also steadily increasing: from 5.7 percent two weeks ago to 8.7 percent last week.
but nevertheless they were treated slightly less in the hospital for covid on Tuesday compared to the day before.
Today a Scanian hospital cares for even more covid patients than in the spring. And a greater overall spread of the infection, usually with a delay of a few days, results in a greater burden on medical care.
However, it is primarily among the very young that covid is spreading the fastest at the moment. The number of cases in the age group up to 19 years has almost tripled in two weeks. Seven out of ten new cases are among people under the age of 50, who very rarely need hospital care for covid.
Spread of infection among people over 70 it also increases more slowly than in other age groups.
