The epidemic situation due to the spread of coronavirus infection in Stockholm continues to worsen. According to local authorities, we can talk about the third wave of COVID-19.
“We have the third wave of the spread of the infection, and it is already here,” – said at a press conference on Wednesday, the acting director of the health department of the municipality Juhan Bratt, reports TASS.
Over the past three weeks, the number of detected cases in the region has almost doubled. From February 22 to February 28, 6,336 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Stockholm, and three weeks earlier – only 3,225. If after the New Year there was a decrease in the number of patients with this diagnosis in hospitals, now it has begun to grow again and is 318. 48 of them are in intensive care units.
“I’m very serious about the situation. We don’t want to see the development of healthcare demand skyrocket,” Bratt said. “For the third consecutive week, the number of new cases has increased by about 25 percent. This is a doubling of the number of cases detected in last three weeks “.