The Norrbotten Region announced today, March 1, that another

247

people have been confirmed to have covid-19 disease (Friday 127, Saturday 83 and Sunday 37 cases).

This means that a total of

12,764 

people have been found to be infected in Norrbotten since the outbreak began.

At present,

40

 people with covid-19

are cared for

in hospitals in the county, of which 10 at covid-IVA, in addition 4 abroad.

A total of

204

 people with confirmed covid-19 have died since the beginning of the corona outbreak.

103 of the deceased were men and 101 women.

During week 8, 

5,404

(682 more than the previous week) people in Norrbotten were tested for ongoing covid-19 infection via PCR.

834 * of these (15.4 percent) tested positive for covid-19.


* Here, the number can sometimes differ from the total figure in the fact box below, this because the reports do not come in on the same day or that they are out-of-county patients and double samples.

Through week 7,

13,205

 people received at least one dose of vaccine, of which

8221

 persons fully vaccinated (Source: Public Health Agency).