COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Denmark on 27 February 2020.[1]
This article needs to be updated. (February 2022) |
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (March 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark | |
---|---|
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Denmark |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China (globally), Wuhan, China (origin of first Danish case),[1] Tyrol, Austria (origin of most imported cases)[2] |
Index case | Roskilde |
Arrival date | 27 February 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 2,519,057 (20 February 2022) |
Active cases | 117,815 (21 December 2021) |
Recovered | 519,497 (21 December 2021) |
Deaths | 4,250 (20 February 2022) |
Fatality rate | 0.2% (20 February 2022) |
Government website | |
Denmark was among the first European countries to introduce lockdown measures, starting on 13 March.[3][4] Following a period of consistent increase in hospitalisations, the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has been falling since late March, with the number of cases in need of intensive care and ventilator units, also at the peak in late March,[5] being well below available resources.[6] Starting on 15 April, a very slow and gradual reopening had been initiated.[7]
In an attempt to reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Frederiksen Cabinet had introduced large economic packages with the support of all parties in the Folketing.[8] Nevertheless, it had been estimated that there will be a decrease in GDP of 3–10% in 2020.[9]