Switzerland has 39,807 additional cases of coronavirus in 24 hours on Thursday, according to figures from the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP). There are 13 additional deaths and 138 patients have been hospitalized.
Seven days ago, the FOPH announced 29,887 cases, or 9,920 less. On the same day, he counted 18 deaths and 122 additional hospitalizations.
667 people are currently in intensive care. Covid-19 patients occupy 28.20% of the places available in intensive care, whose occupancy rate is 76.70%.
In the last 24 hours, the results of 108,896 tests have been transmitted. The positivity rate stands at 36.6%, compared to 31.3% a week ago. The reproduction rate, which has a delay of regarding ten days, is 1.11.
The Omicron variant represents 88.5% of coronavirus cases sequenced or examined in laboratories over seven days, with a delay of around two weeks.
According to the FOPH, 116,608 people are currently in isolation following testing positive for coronavirus. And 47,260 others who had contact with infected people were placed in quarantine.
A total of 68.00% 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 77.37%, indicates the FOPH. In addition, 71.96% of people aged 65 and over and 35.99% of the population have already received a booster dose.
Over the past fourteen days, the total number of infections is 365,159, or 4,192.72 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,841,189 cases of Covid-19 contamination have been confirmed in the laboratory out of a total of 16,341,549 tests carried out in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The total number of deaths stands at 12,209 and the number of people hospitalized has reached 41,925.
This article has been published automatically. Source: ats
