In the last 96 hours, in Switzerland there were 38,437 new covid infections, 33 deaths and 150 hospitalizations for the virus. The data reported by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) are down from the Christmas weekend. Then, again within four days, 36,261 infections, 69 deaths and 345 hospitalizations had been recorded.
There are currently 631 covid patients in intensive care. Over the past 96 hours, the results of 144,131 tests have been transmitted, with a positivity rate is 26.7%, up from 17.1% last week. The Omicron variant represents 64.2% of the cases examined in detail, which however represent a small share of the total. In the past fourteen days, the total number of infections is 172,209, or 1977.29 per 100,000 inhabitants. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,371,038 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, while 11,922 deaths have been reported.
In total, 67.21% of Swiss have already received two doses of the vaccine. Among the population over 12, the share rises to 76.48%. In addition, 64.32% of people over 65 and 25.12% of the population received the so-called booster.