The figures are preliminary and it may take a while before they are confirmed, but the first tests indicate that 66 of 324 new cases of covid-19 were the new and more contagious micron variant.
The week before, omikron accounted for eleven of 457 cases in Sörmland.
And despite early studies indicating that the new variant is milder than its predecessor, the burden on healthcare has increased in the countries where the variant has taken root, according to the infection control doctor Signar Mäkitalo.
- And the studies that have been done are mainly done on people who are 40 years and younger and we do not really know how omikron hits the elderly, he says.
On Tuesday, Region Sörmland published new figures on the number of inpatients with covid-19.
Eight people are cared for in hospital, three of whom receive intensive care.
Last week, the region reported that they cared for ten covid patients, four of whom received intensive care.