On Friday, 20 new cases of infection were reported, Region Östergötland stated. A total of 42,404 people in the county have tested positive for covid-19 since the pandemic broke out.
According to Region Östergötland, eight infected people were cared for at the county’s hospital on Thursday, two of them in IVA. Also on Friday, the number was eight people, two of whom are cared for on IVA. Of these, six are cared for at the University Hospital, of which two are on IVA.
According to the region, two people with a confirmed infection are being cared for at Vrinnevis Hospital, while the hospital in Motala no longer cares for any patients with covid-19. A total of 2,775 people have been discharged from the county’s hospital since the pandemic began.
There are now 304,183 people or 80.3 percent over the age of 18 who in Östergötland received a first vaccine dose. The number of fully vaccinated is 213,081, which is 56.4 percent of the East Goths who have turned 18 years old.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 681 people with confirmed covid-19 have died in the county.
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