The infection continues to increase in the county and therefore the region has now decided to extend the restrictions.

They would have been valid until 2 May but will now be extended for two weeks, until 16 May. 

- We want to see a clear reduction in infection before we lift the restrictions, says Jan Smedjegård. 

The British virus variant has taken over

The spread of infection has continued to increase sharply and the more contagious British virus variant now accounts for 91 percent of the cases found. 

In the clip, Jan Smedjegård tells which age groups are most infected right now and how he reasons for Valborg.