Significant increase in positive tests in Kalmar County after the sports holiday

Already on Thursday morning, with four days left of the week, 46 percent of the capacity for self-tests for covid-19 in the Kalmar region was booked.

This can be compared with the average for previous weeks, when you have reached the same capacity, about 45 percent, for an entire week.

- It is a clear increase, significantly more people have taken the test this week, says Andreas Delphin.

"Something happened in those age groups"

Whether it is primarily an effect of an increased spread of infection after the sports holiday and / or recommendations to test oneself after travel during the sports holiday cannot be said at present.

But it is clear that the proportion of positive test results also increases in almost all age groups - but mostly in the two age groups that normally celebrate sports holidays;

children 0-19 years and adults age group 30-49 years.

- That the two groups increase in the same way, one could draw some parallel that something happened there that did not happen to the other age groups, says Andreas Delphin.

Not the same development in Kronoberg - so far

In the Kronoberg region, on the other hand, no "sports holiday effect" has been noticed in the test statistics so far this week.

But the infection control doctor in the Kronoberg region, Christian Blomkvist, says that it is still too early to draw any conclusions because the whole week has not passed.

“Overall, no sure increase in the number of tests compared to v 8 so far (Mon-Wed).

It is possible that the age group 10-14 years has been sampled a little more, but the proportion of positives is not higher.

However, again very uncertain due to small numbers and not a whole week "he writes in an email to SVT.

Extensive infection is ongoing

In the Kalmar region, infection control doctor Lisa Labbé Sandelin has daily reconciliations with the test coordinator to see trends in testing.

- From our common point of view, there is an extensive spread of infection and it is of course a contributing factor to the numbers, says Andreas Delphin, test coordinator region Kalmar.