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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…

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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, 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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…

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