Iceland’s Fourth Wave of COVID-19 Gradually Abating
Már Kristjánsson, head of Landspítali National University Hospital’s infectious diseases division. mbl.is/Ásdís
“The number of cases is down,” Már Kristjánsson, head of Landspítali National University Hospital’s infectious diseases division, tells mbl.is. “Fewer patients are being admitted, but those in intensive care stay the longest, since such is the nature of the disease.”
Yesterday, the hospital published a new prediction model for the number of COVID-19 patients being treated there.
Már states the model is similar to previous ones and offers no surprises. The fourth wave of COVID-19 is gradually receding in Iceland, he stresses.
According to the model, the total number of infections in this fourth wave could reach about 6,000 in mid-September. So far, nearly 3,500 people have been infected in this wave of the pandemic, counting for about a third of all confirmed cases since February 28, 2020.
The model expects the situation in the intensive care unit to remain the same, with about six patients there at a time.
The uncertainty lies in what will happen next week, Már states, once schools have been open for a week.
The latest figures on covid.is show that the 14-day domestic incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants in Iceland has dropped from 433.6 on August 8 to 316.9.
