Copenhagen sees declining coronavirus rates

Frederiksberg figures down too

Coronavirus infection rates in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg have been in decline this week, according to the health minister, Magnus Heunicke.

In the capital, the number of new cases has fallen from a weekly rate of 127 per 100,000  to 63, while Frederiksberg has experienced a fall from 144 to 36.

Up to 130,000 infected
Meanwhile, according to a Statens Serum Institut survey, an estimated 90,000 to 130,000 people in Denmark have contracted the coronavirus this year.

Some 6,000 people took part in a study that revealed that 2.2 percent had antibodies in their bloodstream. The SSI believes that the degree of uncertainty is between 1.8 and 2.6 percent.





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