Switzerland has 23,684 additional cases of coronavirus in 24 hours on Wednesday, an increase of almost 30% in one week, according to figures from the FOPH. We deplore ten additional deaths and 150 patients have been hospitalized.
Seven days ago, the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) announced 18,423 cases. On the same day, he counted 15 deaths and 174 additional hospitalizations. In one week, the number of new cases has increased by 28.6%. At the same time, hospitalizations fell by 13.8%.
626 people are currently in intensive care. Covid-19 patients occupy 16.8% of the places available in intensive care, whose occupancy rate is 73.6%.
In the past 24 hours, the results of 55,685 tests have been transmitted. The positivity rate stands at 42.5%, compared to 34.6% a week ago. The reproduction rate, which has a delay of ten days, is 0.93.
More than 45,000 isolated Swiss
The Omicron variant represents 99.7% of coronavirus cases sequenced or examined in laboratories over seven days, with a delay of around two weeks. According to the FOPH, 45,175 people are currently in isolation following having tested positive for coronavirus.
A total of 69.02% of Swiss people have already received two doses of the vaccine. Compared to the population aged over 12, the share of fully vaccinated people amounts to 78.12%, indicates the FOPH. In addition, 75.88% of people aged 65 and over and 41.5% of the total population have already received a booster dose.
Over the past 28 days, the total number of infections is 527,868, or 6,060.93 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Since the start of the pandemic, 2,842,378 cases of Covid-19 contamination have been confirmed in the laboratory out of a total of 19,231,376 tests carried out in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The total number of deaths stands at 12,754 and the number of people hospitalized has reached 46,822.
This article has been published automatically. Source: ats
