First positive corona test in almost two weeks

After 13 days with no new corona cases, the chief medical officer announced one positive test this morning.

This brings the total of corona cases to 185. With 176 recovered, the number of active cases is now down to nine.

The official number of people in quarantine has come down to 25, and the hospitals remain free of corona patients.

A total of 6,021 tests have been carried out.

Age, location and gender

The 20-29 age group features most prominently in the corona stats, with 40 cases. Next up is the 50-59 group (36), followed by the 40-49s (32), the 10-19s (21), the 30-39s (18), the 60-69s (17), the 0-9s (11), the 70-79s (5) and 80+ (4).

Suðurstreymoy has the highest number of cases, with 92, followed by Norðoyggjar (45), Eysturoy (21), Vágar (12), Norðstreymoy (11) and Sandoy and Suðuroy combined (3). Figures below three are not announced.

The gender split among those infected is 53% women and 47% men. These age, location and gender figures were updated yesterday morning, before the new case was announced.

For more information about the corona situation in the Faroe Islands, visit corona.fo.

Translated by prosa.fo