Thread by @CoppetainPU

COVID-19 in Switzerland. Week ending 31.12.2020—High but down slightly. Vaccination started. Data disrupted by holiday

Per 100K population, total & last 2 wks
● cases—5232 & 583
● in hospital—216 & 20
● deaths—82 & 12

Federal public health office covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…

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And for the past fortnight

covid19.admin.ch/en/overview

(Various options on the page give a lot of different data.)

Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccinations started. Still waiting for approval: Moderna, AstraZenenca, etc. Switzerland has ordered 15.8m doses for 8m people

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By canton: lab-confirmed cases in the past fortnight per 100K population

Improving. Darker shading still in the Germanic east and Italian Ticino. French-speaking cantons generally better. Worst: Liechtenstein.

covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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By canton: lab-confirmed hospitalisation in the past fortnight per 100K population—Darker shades still generally east. Worst, still Ticino

covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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By canton: deaths (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—West and Alpine east doing better. Germanic north and Italian south still darkest. Liechtenstein stays worst

covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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Hospital capacity and occupancy: all patients and COVID-19 in ICU

Data from more than 150 hospitals/clinics according to criteria agreed by various organisations

All: some easing in Geneva

COVID-19: almost unchanged, slightly worse in the north

covid19.admin.ch/en/hosp-capaci…

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Finally, the reproductive number estimates = 0.92 nationally (from 1).

Germanic east better.

R>1 (pink) shifted to Francophone west, except Geneva.

Scientific Task Force: R = 0.86–0.96 depending on criteria (from 1) sciencetaskforce.ch/wissenschaftli…

covid19.admin.ch/en/repro/val

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