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Positive cases are distributed throughout the region. In the Skellefteå area, the number of cases is decreasing, as well as in southern Lapland, while there is a continuous increase in positive cases in the Umeå area. Therefore, access to rapid infection sampling and tracing is important to slow the spread of infection.
– In county, most people are sampled per capita across the country. The national council will test at least 5 percent of the population for COVID-19 and when we took 13,652 samples during week 46, we reached 5 percent, last week a sample of 3.5 percent of the population was taken says infection control physician Stephan Stenmark.
Stay serious despite breaking the trend
All age groups are declining somewhat, and positive cases in the age groups 19-39 and 40-59 are now the same size, Region Västerbotten reports. About ten percent of those who test positive are in the risk group.
– The reduction shows that we have the ability to reverse the trend, for example the decrease in the number of cases in Skellefteå is a sign of that. At the same time, we are in a serious and continuing situation with a high spread of infection and an increasing number of cases in Umeå, says Stephan Stenmark, who continues to urge people to get tested if they have symptoms.
The national councils that will replace the locals in mid-December will be more similar than different, says Stephan Stenmark.
– Be prepared to apply the same basic principles: meet few people and keep your distance, he says.
