- Right now, confirmed cases are low in Gävleborg, except in a few municipalities.
In the last seven days, the sampling has gone up a lot, says Shah Jalal, infection control doctor in the Gävleborg Region.
Differences between municipalities
In Bollnäs, there were 49 new cases found per 100,000 inhabitants during week 33. In Hofors, the same figure was zero cases per 100,000 inhabitants during the same week, according to statistics from the Swedish Public Health Agency compiled by SVT.
Hofors is the municipality in the county that for three weeks in a row has not had a new confirmed covid fall, according to figures from the Public Health Agency.
How should people protect themselves from getting infected?
- These are still the basic measures that we have talked about many times.
Keep your distance from each other, avoid congestion and as soon as you have symptoms that you stay at home and take tests, says Shah Jalal.
See the infection control doctor to tell you more about the corona condition in the clip above.