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Facts about the coronavirus outbreak in Norway

EverydayVictoria Garza19. March 2020

Facts about the coronavirus outbreak in Norway — Ullevål Hospital.Photo: Isolatavdelingen på Ullevål sykehus: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, a total of 1,423 people had been diagnosed with the coronavirus .
New cases of infection in the last 24 hours are 116.
A total of 28,522 people have been tested. About 5 percent of the tests are positive.
549 have been infected in Norway and 800 abroad. For 74 persons, the site of infection is being researched.
85 patients have been admitted to hospitals with proven covid-19, according to VG.
6 people have died.

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