COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 01.05.2021—flat/slightly better
Last easing April 19
Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—7634 & 210⬇️
● in hospital—317 & 9 —
● deaths—116 & 1.1⬆️
R(e): down—0.98
Vaccinations: 2.6m (930K 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. J&J approved, not ordered. Supply picking up. Not yet approved: AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax. Switzerland has ordered over 30m doses for 8m people
2/10
VIRUS VARIANTS detected
UK variant dominant
Public Health Office: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
Science Task Force: sciencetaskforce.ch/en/nextstrain-…
3/10
BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED CASES IN the past fortnight per 100K population—Similar to last week, total down from 326 to 310/100K. Worst still in Uri. Dark end of scale up from 989 to 1008.
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. Total easing: down from 9.2 to 9.1. Worst in Uri. Numbers up. Dark end of scale down from 46.3 to 30
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
5/10
BY CANTON: DEATHS (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—Overall numbers up slightly, from 0.9 to 1.1. Varied pattern. Uri much worse. Hotspots reduced, so dark end of scale down from 16.4 to 2.9.
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
6/10
INTENSIVE CARE CAPACITY AND OCCUPANCY: all patients and COVID-19
Over 150 hospitals/clinics (Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden have no IC units)
All: worsening in west
COVID-19: more even, overall slightly worse
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/hosp-capaci…
7/10
R(e) ESTIMATES: national over time, cantons latest.
Up and down. More cantons now <1
Estimate: 0.98 nationally (from 1.0)
More: covid19.admin.ch/en/repro/val
Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown
8/10
VACCINATIONS
Slight acceleration, deliveries up
Delivered: 3.1m=36% (from 2.7m/31%)
Administered: 2.6m=31% (from 2.3m/26%)
Fully (2 doses): 930K=10.8% (from 823K/9.5%)
covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
9/10
LATEST: “Calculated risk” of further partial relaxation from Apr 19. Some restrictions remain. Next possible relaxation May 26. Vaccinations accelerate to >51K/day. Some cantons now vaccinating all adults (some over-16s too)
Current situation: swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_c…
10/10
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.