Thread by @CoppetainPU

COVID-19 IN SWITZERLAND. Week to 03.07.2021—continuing down

Latest easing June 26

Per 100K pop, total & last 2 weeks
● cases—8136 & 19 (⬇️)
● in hospital—337 & 0.5 (⬇️)
● deaths—120 & 0.15 (⬇️)

R(e): ⬆️—0.76
Vaccinations: 3.1m (36%) fully

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

The previous tweet shows that numbers are definitely coming down again after a short rebound in April-early May, although deaths stayed flat.

These are for the last fortnight:

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*NEW*—CERTIFICATES ISSUED

“… will be interoperable with the EU’s as soon as the Swiss certificate is formally recognised by the EU”—FOPH

• Vaccinated people—3.2m
• Recovered people—80K
• Negatively tested people—61K

covid19.admin.ch/en/overview?ov… (graph is last 28 days)

3/12

VIRUS VARIANTS detected

UK variant dominant. Delta (B.1.617) rising

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

4/12

BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED CASES in the past fortnight per 100K population—Overall down from 27 to 19. Improving everywhere. Worst in centre. Dark end of range down from 93 to 54.

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

5/12

BY CANTON: LAB-CONFIRMED HOSPITALISATION in the past fortnight per 100K population—Improving, down from 0.91 to 0.51. More cantons reporting zero, dark end of range down from 6.2 to 5.5

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

6/12

BY CANTON: DEATHS (which lag case numbers)—down from 0.22 to 0.15. Many more cantons report zero. Worst in Fribourg, Thurgau but dark end of range sharply down from 2.72 to 0.72.

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

7/12

INTENSIVE CARE CAPACITY AND OCCUPANCY: all patients and COVID-19

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

All patients: improving

COVID-19 patients: improving

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

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

Up but <1. Several >1. Some up >0.8

Estimate: 0.76 nationally (from 0.44). Below 0.8 since Mid-May

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

Note: Swiss schools have stayed open during lockdown

9/12

VACCINATIONS (1) VACCINES & DEMOGRAPHY

Moderna outstripping Pfizer/BioNTech

Ordered: 36m doses: Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Curevac and Novavax (pop 8.6m)

Approved: Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, J&J (not ordered)

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

10/12

VACCINATIONS (2) OVERALL

Accelerating. 36% fully vaccinated

DOSES
Delivered: 7.9m=91% (from 7.2m/83%)
Administered: 7.5=87% (from 7.0m/81%)

PEOPLE:
Fully (2 doses): 3.1m=36.0% (from 2.8m/32.3%)
At least 1 dose = 51.02%

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

11/12

LATEST: New phase started June 26

Still some controls eg masks indoors, indoor distancing in restaurants, travel, COVID-19 certificate for some events

DETAILS: bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/kr…
SWISS INFO⬇️: swissinfo.ch/eng/covid-19_c…

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