From Iceland — COVID Roundup: 17 Domestic Cases Yesterday, Three Outside Quarantine

COVID Roundup: 17 Domestic Cases Yesterday, Three Outside Quarantine

Published March 24, 2021

Andie Sophia Fontaine
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17 new domestic case of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. Three of them were outside quarantine at the time of diagnosis. Five cases were detected from border screening.

One person is currently hospitalised with the virus. 454 people are currently in quarantine, with another 75 in isolation. The 14-day incidence of infection per 100,000 people is now 7.6, up from 3.0 yesterday, while incidence at border screening is now at 12.5, up from 11.7 yesterday.

19,887 people have so far been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, with 18,255 vaccinations underway. 38,142 people have received at least the first dose, while 58,029 have received both shots. Note that “fully vaccinated” means at least two weeks have passed since receiving both vaccinations.

The schedule of which demographics are getting the vaccine and when can be found here (available only in Icelandic for now).

More statistics and information can be found at covid.is or below.

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