23 new Covid cases

Yesterday’s 2,077 Covid tests yielded 23 positive outcomes, reports corona.fo.

One tested positive on arrival from abroad and one in a follow-up test four days after arrival. The other 21 were infected domestically – 19 of these are linked to a known chain of infection, while the infection source of two persons remains unknown.

The daily numbers of positive tests over the past week have been as follows: 3, 9, 10, 14, 8, 20 and 23.

No-one is receiving hospital treatment for Covid-19, and 401 people are currently listed as being in quarantine.

According to the latest vaccination figures on corona.fo, updated on Friday, 31,781 people (59.6 percent of the population) have received the first shot of the vaccine, while 21,811 (40.9 percent) have received the second shot.

Register for vaccines

Vaccine registrations have re-opened, and there are plenty of available slots for everyone aged 16 and over.

Click here to register.

Those requiring assistance with filling in the forms can call 304545 on weekdays between 2pm and 4pm.

Questions can also be directed to the Corona hotline (304040), open Mondays-Thursdays 10am-3pm.

For further information about Covid-19 in the Faroes, visit corona.fo.

Translated by prosa.fo.

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