News

Rødovre confirmed as hardest COVID-19 struck municipality

Infection rate in Greater Copenhagen Municipality even exceeds Aarhus

Kaukab Tahir Shairani

Rødovre Municipality in the western suburbs of Copenhagen is currently the hardest hit by COVID-19 in the whole of Denmark, reports DR.

Numbers compiled by the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reveal that the municipality has 39.4 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

The numbers were a surprise to many given how much media coverage Aarhus had had regarding its high rate of coronavirus infections.

However, the rate of infections in Aarhus is only 29.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.

No ‘single infection event’
Rødovre Municipality cannot explain the findings or pinpoint a single event that has contributed to the high infection rate.

Officials contend that residents in the locality have experienced a delay in contracting the virus compared to neighbouring municipalities.

Over the past week, 16 confirmed coronavirus cases have been registered in Rødovre.

Rødovre borders the municipalities of Copenhagen (principally the district of Vanløse) to the east, Glostrup to the west, Herlev to the north, and Brøndby and Hvidovre to the south.

TOP STORIES

  • Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    A Wall Street Journal article describes that the US will now begin spying in Greenland. This worries the Danish foreign minister, who wants an explanation from the US’s leading diplomat. Greenlandic politicians think that Trump’s actions increase the sense of insecurity

  • Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    What do King Frederik X, Queen Mary, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Jaime Lannister have in common? No, this isn’t the start of a very specific Shakespeare-meets-HBO fanfiction — it was just Wednesday night in Denmark

  • Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    For many years, most young people in Denmark have preferred upper secondary school (Gymnasium). Approximately 20 percent of a year group chooses a vocational education. Four out of 10 young people drop out of a vocational education. A bunch of millions aims to change that

  • Beloved culture house saved from closure

    Beloved culture house saved from closure

    At the beginning of April, it was reported that Kapelvej 44, a popular community house situated in Nørrebro, was at risk of closing due to a loss of municipality funding

  • Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    With reforms to tighten the rules for foreigners in Denmark without legal residency, and the approval of a reception package for internationals working in the care sector, internationals have been under the spotlight this week. Mette Frederiksen spoke about both reforms yesterday.

  • Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Currently, around 170 people live on “tolerated stay” in Denmark, a status for people who cannot be deported but are denied residency and basic rights. As SOS Racisme draws a concerning picture of their living conditions in departure centers, such as Kærshovedgård, they also suggest it might be time for Denmark to reinvent its policies on deportation

Connect club

Connect Club is your gateway to a vibrant programme of events and an international community in Denmark.

Sign up here

Career

Want to advertise your job with CPH Post?

Contact us

Jobs