COVID-19 in Scandinavia

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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

Daily tests

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🧪

See how testing has developed since mid-March⁠

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Last updated

6/4/2021 9:37:48 AM

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Testing so far

🇩🇰 Denmark tested

4,865,484

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people,

83.53

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% of the population

🇳🇴 Norway made

5,805,313

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tests

🇸🇪 Sweden made

10,241,969

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tests

🇫🇮 Finland made

5,051,931

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tests

New confirmed cases

New confirmed cases

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Dig into data on cases since they started appearing⁠

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Last updated

6/3/2021 9:16:14 AM

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Cases so far

🇩🇰 Denmark has

283,089

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cases,

4.86

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% of the population

🇳🇴 Norway has

125,530

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cases,

2.34

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% of the population

🇸🇪 Sweden has

1,070,561

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cases,

10.37

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% of the population

🇫🇮 Finland has

92,770

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cases,

1.68

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% of the population

Percentage of daily tests positive

Percentage of daily tests positive

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👨‍🔬

See how the degree of positive tests have changed since mid-March⁠

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Last updated

6/4/2021 9:38:35 AM

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Currently hospitalized

Currently hospitalized

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Explore how hospitalization developed since beginning of the crisis⁠

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Last updated

6/4/2021 9:46:24 AM

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Daily death toll

Daily death toll

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⚰️

All COVID-19 infected deaths⁠

Last updated

6/4/2021 9:39:51 AM

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Deaths so far

🇩🇰 Denmark:

2516

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deaths, IHME predicts

4,874 (4,814-4,960)

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by August 1st

🇳🇴 Norway:

785

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deaths, IHME predicts

1,177 (1,153-1,208)

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by August 1st

🇸🇪 Sweden:

14525

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deaths, IHME predicts

16,765 (16,155-17,812)

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by August 1st

🇫🇮 Finland:

959

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deaths, IHME predicts

1,360 (1,349-1,375)

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by August 1st

Economics

Before COVID-19, a normal day (

3/1/2020

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) would see

975

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airplanes departing from Scandinavian airports, on the last day tracked (

6/1/2021

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) only

162

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planes left the runway across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Daily airport departures

Daily airport departures

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See all airport departures in Scandinavia since March 1st⁠

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Last updated

6/4/2021 9:50:54 AM

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Unemployment

Unemployment

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Currently

1137160

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are unemployed across Scandinavia, before COVID-19 hit that number was

843794

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- an increase of

293366

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Denmark is currently at

135312

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(

147000

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before), Norway at

162440

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(

110000

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before), Sweden at

521000

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(

329100

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before) and Finland is at

318408

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(

257694

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before).

Regional differences

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

Median population

623

684

656

872

Average population

3366

4166

4098

6246

Unemployment rate (%) before corona-crisis

5.3

3.9

6.6

6.7

Covid-19 risk factors

Age 65+ (% of pop.)

19.81

17.05

20.01

21.72

Coronary Heart Disease (% of all deaths)

12.83

17.94

22.75

23.97

Diabetes (% of pop.)

4.63

6.82

4.94

7.11

Smokers (% of pop.)

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