Table 3.

shows the hypothetical cost of controlled, natural herd immunity in Denmark in terms of deaths and hospitalizations. The resulting figures are far greater than the current cumulative burden of ~2300 deaths and ~12,000 hospitalizations in our country (as of Feb 16, 2021).

	COVID‐19 Hospitalizations	% of population hospitalized	COVID‐19 Deaths	% of population dead
Estimates based on seroprevalence study, round 2	76,500 (64731–93500)	1.3% (1.1–1.6%)	17,100 (14469–20900)	0.29% (0.25–0.36%)
Estimates based on seroprevalence study, round 3	105,538 (89478–124727)	1.8% (1.5–2.1%)	19,154 (16239–22636)	0.33% (0.28–0.39%)
Estimates based on Danish blood donor serology study; week 4, 2021	82,993 (75533–97426)	1.4% (1.3–1.7%)	16,059 (14616–18852)	0.28% (0.25–0.32%)