From Iceland — COVID Roundup: 26 Domestic Cases, Half Outside Quarantine

COVID Roundup: 26 Domestic Cases, Half Outside Quarantine

Published September 13, 2021

Andie Sophia Fontaine
Photo by
John Pearson

There were 26 recorded domestic cases of the coronavirus in Iceland yesterday. Of those, 13 were outside quarantine at diagnosis. There 14 domestic cases on Saturday, and 31 on Friday.

489 are in border screening quarantine, with 796 in domestic quarantine and 387 in isolation. Six are currently in hospital with the virus, with two in intensive care.

All this being the case, the domestic 14-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is 149.2, and the 14-day incidence at the border per 100,000 inhabitants is 7.1.

266,050 have been vaccinated against the coronavirus as of September 10th, comprising 72% of the nation. 43,036 have also received booster shots.

For more information on current domestic restrictions, see here. Border regulations can be found here.

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

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