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COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 17.04.2021—cases up, deaths down

Next easing April 19

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—7315 & 306
● in hospital—305 & 10
● deaths—114 & 1.1

R(e): up—1.14
Vaccinations: 2.0m (733K 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. J&J approved, not ordered. Supply picking up. Approval waiting: AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax. Switzerland has ordered over 30m doses for 8m people

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VIRUS VARIANTS detected

UK variant ~80%

Public Health Office: covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiolog…
Science Task Force: sciencetaskforce.ch/en/nextstrain-…

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BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED CASES IN the past fortnight per 100K population—Similar to last week. to Worst in Uri, still. Dark end of scale up from 875 to 937.

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

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BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED HOSPITALISATION in the past fortnight per 100K population—Mixed picture. Worst in Uri. Numbers up slightly. Dark end of scale up from 26.1 to 26.5

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

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BY CANTON: DEATHS (which lag case numbers) tell yet another story—Overall numbers down slightly. Uri much worse. Dark end of scale stays up from 3.5 to 21.8.

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: improving in SE, elsewhere not so good

COVID-19: more even, overall slightly worse

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

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R(E) ESTIMATES: national over time, cantons latest.

Bouncing up. Most cantons back >1

Estimate: 1.14 nationally (from 0.96)

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

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

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VACCINATIONS

Steady growth, deliveries up
Delivered: 2.4m=28% (from 2.2m/26%)
Administered: 2.0m=23% (from 1.7m/20%)
Fully (2 doses): 732K=8.5% (from 645K/7.5%)

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

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LATEST: “Calculated risk” of further partial relaxation from Apr 19 (postponed from Mar 22). Some restrictions remain. Vaccinations continue steadily. R number up again

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

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