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COVID-19 in Scandinavia
Comparing development of the corona crisis in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Jacob Bøtter goes through PDFs, ArcGIS API's and government websites once in a while (at minimum weekly) to keep numbers updated.
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Pandemic
Daily tests
Last updated
6/4/2021 9:37:48 AM
Testing so far
🇩🇰 Denmark tested people, % of the population
4,865,484
83.53
🇳🇴 Norway made tests
5,805,313
🇸🇪 Sweden made tests
10,241,969
🇫🇮 Finland made tests
5,051,931
New confirmed cases
Last updated
6/3/2021 9:16:14 AM
Cases so far
🇩🇰 Denmark has cases, % of the population
283,089
4.86
🇳🇴 Norway has cases, % of the population
125,530
2.34
🇸🇪 Sweden has cases, % of the population
1,070,561
10.37
🇫🇮 Finland has cases, % of the population
92,770
1.68
Percentage of daily tests positive
Last updated
6/4/2021 9:38:35 AM
Currently hospitalized
Last updated
6/4/2021 9:46:24 AM
Daily death toll
Last updated
6/4/2021 9:39:51 AM
Deaths so far
🇩🇰 Denmark: deaths, IHME predictsby August 1st
2516
4,874 (4,814-4,960)
🇳🇴 Norway: deaths, IHME predictsby August 1st
785
1,177 (1,153-1,208)
🇸🇪 Sweden: deaths, IHME predictsby August 1st
14525
16,765 (16,155-17,812)
🇫🇮 Finland: deaths, IHME predictsby August 1st
959
1,360 (1,349-1,375)
Economics
Before COVID-19, a normal day (
3/1/2020
975
6/1/2021
162
Daily airport departures
Last updated
6/4/2021 9:50:54 AM
Unemployment
Currently
1137160
843794
293366
Denmark is currently at ( before), Norway at ( before), Sweden at ( before) and Finland is at ( before).
135312
147000
162440
110000
521000
329100
318408
257694
Regional differences
Basic indicators
Denmark 🇩🇰
Norway 🇳🇴
Sweden 🇸🇪
Finland 🇫🇮
Population
5,771,672
5,501,167
10,099,265
5,622,534
Adult population
4,687,050
4,279,679
8,189,892
4,476,235
Population density (inh./km2)
133.9
17.05
22.5
16.6
Urbanisation rate (%)
86.9
79.3
85.1
83.2
Number of settlements*
1435
936
1956
716
623
684
656
872
3366
4166
4098
6246
Unemployment rate (%) before corona-crisis
5.3
3.9
6.6
6.7
Covid-19 risk factors
19.81
17.05
20.01
21.72
12.83
17.94
22.75
23.97
4.63
6.82
4.94
7.11
19.1
20.20
18.8
20.4
Estimated Covid-19 deaths by September 1st**
4,874 (4,814-4,960)
1,177 (1,153-1,208)
16,765 (16,155-17,812)
1,360 (1,349-1,375)
Nurses (per 1.000 people)
17.2
17.9
11.9
15.1
Hospital beds (per 1.000 people)
2.5
3.9
2.6
4.4
Physicians (per 1.000 people)
3.7
4.4
4.3
3.2
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* In Denmark: byområde; Finland: taajama; Norway: tettsted; Sweden: tätort. In the Nordic countries settlements are defined as clusters of buildings with at least 200 inhabitants where the distance between buildings does not exceed 200 metres (Norway 50 m)
** Source: University of Washington, IHME, May 7 2021
🦠 Data on the pandemic
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