Table 1.
Planning of ICU capacity and impact of pandemic.
| Total | Denmark | Norway | Sweden | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension of ICU capacity (n/%) | ||||||||
| 1–10 extra beds | 18 | (25) | 3 | (13) | 8 | (42) | 7 | (23) |
| 11–20 extra beds | 17 | (24) | 6 | (26) | 4 | (21) | 7 | (23) |
| 21–30 extra beds | 18 | (25) | 9 | (39) | 0 | (0) | 9 | (30) |
| 31–40 extra beds | 9 | (13) | 1 | (4) | 5 | (26) | 3 | (10) |
| 41–50 extra beds | 4 | (6) | 2 | (9) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (7) |
| More than 50 extra beds | 5 | (7) | 2 | (9) | 2 | (11) | 1 | (3) |
| Max number of patients March-June 2020 (mean/range) | 9.4 | (0–81) | 6.2 | (0–18) | 4.8 | (0–16) | 14.6 | (2–81) |
| COVID-19 positive per 100,000 citizens (n) | ||||||||
| July 1st1, 2020 | 220 | 165 | 650 | |||||
| December 1st1, 2020 | 1404 | 673 | 2545 | |||||
| COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 citizens (n) | ||||||||
| July 1st1, 2020 | 10 | 5 | 53 | |||||
| December 1st1, 2020 | 14 | 6 | 70 | |||||
1Or as close to the date as reported by the authorities and based on quartile data on number of citizens
Of the three countries, Sweden had the highest number of COVID-19 ICU patients, and Norway the lowest (Table 1).