The Norrbotten Region announces today, 26 April, that a further

369

(Thursday 119, Friday 88, Saturday 88 and Sunday 74 cases) people have been confirmed to have covid-19 disease.

This means that a total of

20258

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

At present,

42

people with covid-19

are cared for

in hospitals in the county, of which

14

receive intensive care at covid-IVA, in addition

two

at C-IVA abroad.

Latest deaths 16 April

A total of

24

6

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

At the time of writing, the most recent death was reported on Friday, April 16.

During week 15,

6,035

county residents

were tested

, 120 fewer tests than the previous week, for ongoing covid-19 infection via PCR.

955 of these (15.8 percent) tested positive for covid-19.

According to the Public Health Agency's latest report,

56,359

people in the county received at least one dose of vaccine, of which

17

669

persons fully vaccinated.

Read the full report here