Now deaths are also reported in covid-19 outside the hospital

Have these people passed away on retirement homes?

- I do not know if it is about own homes or housing. But it is about people who have died outside the healthcare system, says infection control physician Britt Åkerlind.

Furthermore, Britt Åkerlind emphasizes that the deaths have not occurred in the past 24 hours.

Why are the statistics lagging behind?

- The category has not previously been included in our reporting. It takes a little longer as these go through the census records, so these people have died over a period of three weeks, she says.

Will there be more people who die at home instead of in hospital. Is it that more people will be cared for at home?

- We can't answer that today, it just depends on what happens. But there will be more people who die in hospital and there will surely be more people who die in their homes. This is the case with other diagnoses as well, some die in the home and some die in hospitals, says Britt Åkerlind.

At lunchtime on Thursday, 127 people in Östergötland are being treated in hospital, which is nine more compared to yesterday.

Of these 127 people, 26 are cared for in the intensive care unit.

- It follows the curve we have seen in recent weeks. It is slowly moving upwards, but we have a high margin for us to care for more. There is no alarming figure in terms of how equipped the care is, says Britt Åkerlind.

There are now a total of 904 confirmed cases of covid-19 in Östergötland.

- Of course we hope this curve will go down, but we are not there yet, says Britt Åkerlind.