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COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 24.04.2021—cases up, deaths down

Last easing April 19

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—7479 & 326⬆️
● in hospital—311 & 9⬇️
● deaths—115 & 0.9⬇️

R(e): down—1.0
Vaccinations: 2.3m (823K 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. Not yet approved: AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax. Switzerland has ordered over 30m doses for 8m people

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VIRUS VARIANTS detected

UK variant dominant

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. Worst still in Uri. Dark end of scale up from 937 to 989.

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. Dark end of scale up from 26.15 to 46.3

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 down from 21.8 to 16.35.

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: slightly worse

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. More cantons now <1

Estimate: 1.0 nationally (from 1.14)

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

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

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VACCINATIONS

Slight acceleration, deliveries up
Delivered: 2.7m=31% (from 2.4m/28%)
Administered: 2.3m=26% (from 2.0m/23%)
Fully (2 doses): 823K=9.5% (from 732K/8.5%)

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

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LATEST: “Calculated risk” of partial relaxation Apr 19. Some restrictions remain. No further relaxation at last until May 26. Vaccinations accelerate slightly. R number down again. US lists Switzerland “Level 4: do not travel”

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

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