New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 27 July - 2 August

During the week of 27 July to 2 August, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 and the number of contacts identified remained stable at a high level. Of the 525 positive cases in the given week, 155 cases were transmitted within families and 82 cases could be linked to clearly identified infection clusters. It is important to note that the place where the infection is detected does not necessarily correspond to the place of transmission of the infection. During the week of 27 July to 2 August, 3 additional clusters of infections could be identified in health and care facilities, while 4 clusters could be linked to companies with a maximum of 8 cases in one company. During this period, 525 new infections and 3,179 contacts were registered, compared to 695 new infections and 3,521 contacts in the previous week.

During the week in question, there were 6 new deaths related to COVID-19.  

The effective reproductive rate (R) decreased from 1.01 to 0.86 from the previous week. This trend is also reflected in the positivity rate (i.e. the ratio of positive tests to tests performed), which dropped from 0.84% to 0.78%. 

As of 2 August, the number of active infections was 1,241 (compared to 1,396 as of 26/07).

For the week of 27 July to 2 August, the average age of those diagnosed as COVID-19 positive is 36 years, and thus remains stable compared to previous weeks. Although the people concerned are thus rather young on average, it should be noted that the number of COVID-19 positive cases is increasing among people aged 50 and over.

The proportion of symptomatic people decreased from 66% to 58%.

Quarantine surveillance: 

For the week of 27 July to 2 August, 1,900 people were in quarantine and 1,329 in isolation. 

Distribution of quarantines by age group:

   

0-14 years

15-29 years

30-44 years

45-59 years

60 years

04/05/2020

10/05/2020

14%

28%

29%

22%

7%

11/05/2020

17/05/2020

24%

24%

30%

15%

7%

18/05/2020

24/05/2020

27%

26%

19%

21%

8%

25/05/2020

31/05/2020

22%

20%

34%

18%

6%

01/06/2020

07/06/2020

35%

17%

28%

15%

5%

08/06/2020

14/06/2020

30%

18%

31%

18%

4%

15/06/2020

21/06/2020

19%

28%

29%

20%

5%

22/06/2020

28/06/2020

23%

32%

24%

18%

3%

29/06/2020

05/07/2020

21%

32%

23%

20%

4%

06/07/2020

12/07/2020

26%

26%

24%

20%

3%

13/07/2020

19/07/2020

27%

27%

23%

19%

3%

20/07/2020

26/07/2020

25%

24%

24%

21%

6%

27/07/2020

02/08/2020

23%

27%

24%

20%

5%

 

74% of those in quarantine are under the age of 45.

Non-compliance with quarantines already noted the previous week by health inspectors remains a major problem, as does non-compliance with isolations and is increasingly due to departures on holiday, despite a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. 

Contaminations and clusters:

Of the 525 positive cases in the given week, 155 cases were transmitted within families and 82 cases could be linked to clearly identified infection clusters. It is important to note that the place where the infection is detected does not necessarily correspond to the place of transmission of the infection. During the week of 27 July to 2 August, 3 additional clusters of infections could be identified in health and care facilities, while 4 clusters could be linked to companies with a maximum of 8 cases in one company.

Press release by the Ministry of Health

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