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COVID-19 in Switzerland. Week to 03.04.2021—numbers still rise except deaths

Easing delayed

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—6851 & 278
● in hospital—287 & 8
● deaths—111 & 1.2

R(e): down—1.12
Vaccinations: 1.5m (577K 2nd doses)

FOPH covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…

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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

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Vaccinations and virus variants

“Fully” = second dose
Steady growth, deliveries up
Delivered: 2.1m=23.9% (from 1.7m)
Administered: 1.4m=17.8% (from 1.2m)
Fully: 577K=6.7% (from 507K)

UK variant ~80%

covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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By canton: lab-confirmed cases in the past fortnight per 100K population—Similar pattern to a week ago clearly worst in Uri. Dark end of scale up from 403 to 605.

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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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 13.37 to 19.07.

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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By canton: deaths (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—Numbers down slightly overall, perhaps influenced by vaccination rate among elderly. Similar pattern to last week. Dark end of scale up from 3.5 to 3.6.

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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

Over 150 hospitals/clinics (Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden have no IC units)

All: Overall down slightly

COVID-19: down slightly, by canton patchy

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/hosp-capaci…

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R(e) estimates: national over time, cantons latest.

Worsening in east. Better: Neuchâtel, Fribourg. Most cantons >1

Estimate: 1.12 nationally (from 1.13)

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/repro/val

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

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Vaccination

Improving
Delivered: 2.1m (24% from 20%)
Administered: 1.5m (18% from 16%)
Fully vaccinated: 577K (6.7% from 5.9%)

More: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
Fully vaccinated people: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…

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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

Current situation : swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_c…

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