A total of 44 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Oslo. 

Thus, the number of new cases in the capital is on the rise again.

According to statistics from the health service in Oslo municipality, the total number of infection cases in the capital amounted to 619 in the last fourteen days.

Men are still make up the majority of cases, and the age group 20-29 years has the absolute highest number of registered cases with 228 cases.

On Monday evening, Oslo City Council leader Raymond Johansen (AP) announced a decree on the use of face masks, making them obligatory on public transport in Oslo in times of congestion.

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