Abstract
Aim: To investigate the COVID-19 situation across geographical
areas of Denmark over time. Methods: We used COVID-19 data from
the Danish State Serum Institute on national, regional and municipality level.
Cumulative number of tests, incidence, hospitalizations and deaths per 100,000
inhabitants were analysed for the five Danish regions and for all of Denmark.
The cumulative number of tested and incidence of COVID-19 per 100,000 was
compared for the two municipalities, Lolland and Gentofte. A sensitivity
analysis of the COVID-19 indicators on a regional level was performed using
number of tested as the denominator. Results: The Capital
Region ranked highest on all analysed COVID-19 indicators with 10,849 tested,
365 cases, 63 hospitalized and 18 deaths per 100,000 by 2 June 2020. The three
regions in western Denmark all had low levels, while Region Zealand ranked
second highest. Despite general low health status in Lolland municipality, the
cumulative incidence of COVID-19 was consistently below that of Gentofte.
Sensitivity analysis showed that the Capital Region had the highest number of
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 tested, but Region Zealand had a higher number of
hospitalized and similar number of deaths per 100,000 tested as the Capital
Region over time. Conclusion: COVID-19 had affected
eastern Denmark, especially the Capital Region, considerably more than
western Denmark. The difference may relate to population density and housing
conditions.
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