COVID-19 in Switzerland. Week to 10.04.2021—numbers still rising
Next easing delayed
Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—6851 & 285
● in hospital—287 & 10
● deaths—111 & 1.4
R(e): down—0.97
Vaccinations: 1.7m (645K 2nd doses)
FOPH covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…
1/10
And for the past fortnight, R(e) since Sep28
covid19.admin.ch/en/overview
Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna mRNA vaccinations ongoing. Supply picking up. Still waiting for approval: AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax. Switzerland has ordered over 30m doses for 8m people
2/10
Vaccinations and virus variants
“Fully” = 2nd dose
Steady growth, deliveries up
Delivered: 2.2m=26% (from 2.1m)
Administered: 1.7m=20% (from 1.4m)
Fully: 645K=7.5% (from 577K)
UK variant ~80%
covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
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3/10
By canton: lab-confirmed cases in the past fortnight per 100K population—Similar pattern to a week ago still worst in Uri. Dark end of scale up from 605 to 875.
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
4/10
By canton: lab-confirmed hospitalisation in the past fortnight per 100K population—Similar pattern to last week, worst in Uri and Ticino. Numbers up slightly. Dark end of scale up from 19.1 to 26.1
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
5/10
By canton: deaths (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—Numbers up slightly overall. Similar pattern to last week. Uri much worse. Dark end of scale stays at 3.5.
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
6/10
Hospital capacity and occupancy: all patients and COVID-19 in ICU
Over 150 hospitals/clinics (Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden have no IC units)
All: bad in west, worse in east
COVID-19: worse in patches
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/hosp-capaci…
7/10
R(e) estimates: national over time, cantons latest.
Improving. Most cantons dropped <1
Estimate: 0.96 nationally (from 1.12)
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/repro/val
Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown
8/10
Vaccination
Improving
Delivered: 2.2m (26% from 24%)
Administered: 1.7m (20% from 18%)
Fully vaccinated: 645K (7.5% from 6.7%)
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
Fully vaccinated people: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
9/10
Latest: Situation “uncertain”. On Mar 19 the government postponed from Mar 22 plans to further relax Covid-19 restrictions. A partial shutdown remains in place. Vaccinations starting to pick up. R number down
Current situation: swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_c…
10/10
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