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Last week, cases of influenza, RS virus and covid-19 decreased, according to the Public Health Authority.
“Several data sources also indicate a reduced morbidity in respiratory viruses during the last two weeks,” the authority writes on its website.
As for covid-19, the number of confirmed cases decreased by around 35 percent and is now at approximately the same levels as in mid-November, before the spread of infection took off.
Fewer people are also treated in hospital with covid-19. However, the number of people who need intensive care remains at the same level.
Cases of influenza have decreased by roughly 40 percent and during week two, fewer patients required intensive care.
At the same time, cases of RS virus have decreased by over 20 percent in the past week. The peak among children under five was reached at week 51, according to the Public Health Agency, and has since halved.
“The spread of infection is decreasing in basically the entire country, which indicates that the peak has been passed for this time. But there is a risk that the spread of infection will pick up speed again. We will only see the effect of people meeting more again after returning to school and work after the holidays in a few weeks,” says Anders Lindblom, state epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency.