on 17 march this was done in all hospitals nationwide. initially, all testing of samples for sars-cov-2 was performed at the ssi, but on 25 february (before the first confirmed case in the country) this was expanded to all the hospitals that also had sections that were ready for treating serious cases of covid-19. in early march, other hospitals started to perform the tests. on 6 march, aarhus university hospital made a "drive-through" test facility (similar to those used in south korea) where a person can be tested without having to leave his/her vehicle, but people using it still have to phone their personal doctor or the doctor-on-call (danish: lægevagten) for instructions first. on 10–11 march, aalborg university hospital, regionshospital north jutland hjørring and zealand university hospital roskilde introduced "drive-through" test facilities. on 11 march, the danish health authority announced a change of strategy, which means that only people hospitalised with severe signs of respiratory illness or shortness of breath, will be examined for covid-19 infection. as a consequence, it is suspected that covid-19 cases in the country are underreported, and health officials expect the actual number to be significantly higher than the current number of confirmed cases. according to the guidelines by the danish health authority, all infected people that have no or mild symptoms and are not considered particularly vulnerable are placed in home quarantine with daily contact from health professionals. anybody that has been in close contact with someone known to be infected with sars-cov-2 is also placed in home quarantine. as of 2 march 122 people were in home quarantine in denmark because they had been in contact with an infected person in denmark or abroad; by 12 march this had increased to 1366 in denmark and 31 in the faroe islands. it is expected to further increase as a result of new cases of covid-19. should it become necessary, each region has its own facilities for quarantining at least one thousand people, and if containment of sars-cov-2 through normal isolation fails, more drastic measures can be implemented using the epidemic law (danish: epidemiloven). initially, the authorities strongly recommended that all events with more than one thousand people be cancelled or postponed, but on 11 march the limit was lowered to one hundred people; this recommendation covers march, but can be extended if necessary. among others, football (including the danish superliga) and handball matches were without spectators or entirely cancelled, the dansk melodi grand prix did not have an audience, concerts and conferences were cancelled or postponed, and the euroschoolsport tournament at esbjerg high school, where students and teachers from much of europe were supposed to meet, was cancelled. the folketing cancelled some of its regular meetings and hearings, and when voting a clearing system will be used to avoid having more than 95 members in the main chamber at any one time. on 10 march, the authorities recommended that people using public transport attempt to reduce their travel in peak hours, additionally encouraged them to walk or cycle shorter distances instead if possible, and advised any persons feeling sick in any way or suspecting that they might have been infected against using public transport. in an attempt to increase the space between people using public transport, more buses and trains were added to the schedules, and there were stricter limits on the number of passengers allowed in each. from 12 march, all intercity train rides were restricted to people with seat reservations. lockdown an empty yeast tray at a supermarket in odense, denmark, on 17 march 2020. following the announcement of a general lockdown, there was large-scale panic buying of yeast, including both dry yeast and the shorter-lived fresh variety. new cases and deaths from covid-19 in denmark (+faroe islands & greenland) showing lockdown (semi-log scale) starting on 13 march 2020, all people working in non-essential functions in the public sector were ordered to stay home for two weeks. these restrictions were announced with an acknowledgement that the circumstances would be difficult, and prime minister mette frederiksen urged danes to practice samfundssind (roughly, community-mindedness). the first documented use of this danish word was in the 1936, and the then-prime minister thorvald stauning used the term to call for solidarity at the outbreak of world war ii in europe. in the private sector, employers were urged by the authorities to allow their employees to stay home in the same period and work from there if possible, although this should not affect functions that are essential to the society (such as pharmacy workers and people working with sale of food and maintenance of critical infrastructure). on that same date, all secondary education (like gymnasiums), universities, libraries, indoor cultural institutions and similar places were closed, initially for two weeks. starting on 16 march, all primary schools, daycare and similar places were also closed for two weeks. virtual (online) schooling was used to some degree. the municipalities are establishing limited daycare for children where the parents could not stay home and take care of them. because of the vulnerability of elderly to covid-19, it was strongly recommended that grandparents should not take care of their grandchildren. starting on 18 march at 10:00 am, a number of further restrictions were activated: it became illegal to assemble more than ten people in public, all shopping centres and stores with close contact such as hairdressers and nightclubs must be closed, restaurants can only serve take-away, and other businesses must ensure that there is enough space between customers. unlike previous restrictions on the number of people allowed to assemble, the new restrictions were not merely a recommendation, and breaking the new restrictions was associated with fines of dkk1500. in late march, authorities acknowledged that the strategy of mitigation had partially worked, but had been less successful than the mass testing in china and south korea. efforts were increased for immediate testing (at novo nordisk), mass testing and local rapid testing for individuals. international travel, quarantine after return and foreign visitors the danish foreign ministry has changed its travel guidelines several times during the covid-19 pandemic. during the peak of the outbreak on the chinese mainland, iran, the regions of aosta valley, emilia-romagna, lombardy, marche, piedmont and veneto in italy, ischgl in tyrol of austria, and san marino, all travel to these places was advised against, and during the peak in the rest of italy, the rest of tyrol in austria, madrid, basque country and la rioja in spain, parts of germany, parts of france, parts of switzerland, and daegu city and north gyeongsang province (also known as gyeongbuk) in south korea, all non-essential travel to these places was advised against. on 13 march, all non-essential travel to the rest of the world was advised against because of the spread of the outbreak, restrictions introduced on foreign visitors (for example, restrictions of flights or forced quarantine), their healthcare system's ability to handle a major outbreak or other reasons indirectly related to the covid-19 pandemic. on 13 march, the authorities recommended that all danes that were abroad (excluding danes that live abroad) return to denmark as soon as possible. from 14 march to 13 april, all danish borders were closed, with exceptions made solely for the transport of goods, people with an important reason for visiting, foreigners leaving denmark, and danes and people with a residence permit returning to denmark. on 3 march, the danish government required all healthcare workers (in addition to nursing home workers) who had travelled to a high-risk region to self-quarantine themselves for 14 days after returning to denmark; this was done to reduce the risk of vulnerable people getting infected. as of 9 march, the list of high-risk regions included mainland china, part of south korea, iran, italy and the austrian state of tyrol. other people who had visited these high-risk areas were advised against visiting hospitals or nursing homes for 14 days after returning to denmark (and people who suspected that they had been infected were urged to call their personal doctor or the doctor-on-call (danish: lægevagten) for further instructions), and it was recommended—but not required—that they also stay home from work for 14 days. this recommendation was supported by the employers' organisations in the country, such as the confederation of danish industry and the danish chamber of commerce. kommunernes landsforening, which represents the municipalities in denmark, made similar recommendations for all children that had visited a high-risk region; it recommended that they stay home from school, kindergarten, daycare and similar places for 14 days after returning to denmark. foreigners that arrive in denmark from a high-risk region were urged—but not required—by the authorities to follow the same guidelines as danes, and localities for quarantining were made available for people that did not already have a suitable locality. starting on 9 march, passengers on flights that originated in a high-risk region were not given access to danish airport buildings, but instead were picked up directly from the plane and transported by special buses that could drive them to their home or other locality of quarantine. from 11 march onwards, all flights from high-risk regions were cancelled. the postal service suspended international mail outside the european union to all but 17 countries due to lack of transportation, and suspended gathering of signatures on delivery. vaccination main article: covid-19 vaccination in denmark statistics as of 24 april, denmark has a per-capita rate of 1,782 positive coronavirus cases per million people. the definition of being 'recovered' means the number of patients no need of emergency service 14 days after being diagnosed. patients with mild symptoms are not being diagnosed. in the daily report published by the ssi that covered all 785 confirmed cases in denmark as of the morning of 13 march (16 others were confirmed later during the day and not included), it was reported that 67.8% were male and 32.2% female. in terms of age, 10 were 0–9 years old, 30 were 10–19 years old, 134 were 20–29 years old, 135 were 30–39 years old, 253 were 40–49 years old, 159 were 50–59 years old, 50 were 60–69 years old, 5 were 70–79 years old, 7 were 80–89 years old, and 2 were 90+ years old. in terms of origin, 265 had been infected in austria, 60 in italy, 2 in germany, 1 each in iran, the netherlands, spain and the united states, and 158 had been infected within denmark, while data was pending for the remaining (well above half of those were infected abroad). in terms of residency, 324 live in the capital region (160 in copenhagen, 79 in the copenhagen upland, 85 in north zealand, none in bornholm), 103 in region zealand (53 in west and south zealand, 50 in east), 130 in the region of southern denmark (50 in funen, 80 in south jutland), 175 in the central denmark region (154 in east jutland, 21 in west) and 47 in the north jutland region, while the remaining 6 are currently in denmark but live abroad. covid-19 cases in denmark (including greenland and the faroe islands) () deaths recoveries active cases202020202021202120222022febfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarlast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-02-271(n.a.) 2020-02-282(+100%) 2020-02-293(+50%) 2020-03-014(+33%) 2020-03-024(=) 2020-03-0310(+150%) 2020-03-0415(+50%) 2020-03-0520(+33%) 2020-03-0623(+15%) 2020-03-0729(+26%) 2020-03-0837(+28%) 2020-03-0992(+149%) 2020-03-10264(+187%) 2020-03-11516(+95%) 2020-03-12676(+31%)1(n.a.) 2020-03-13804(+19%)1(=) 2020-03-14836(+4%)2(+100%) 2020-03-15875(+4.7%)4(+100%) 2020-03-16932(+6.5%)5(+25%) 2020-03-171,024(+9.9%)6(+20%) 2020-03-181,115(+8.9%)9(+50%) 2020-03-191,223(+9.7%)14(+56%) 2020-03-201,335(+9.2%)18(+29%) 2020-03-211,418(+6.2%)21(+17%) 2020-03-221,512(+6.6%)24(+14%) 2020-03-231,582(+4.6%)24(=) 2020-03-241,717(+8.5%)32(+33%) 2020-03-251,861(+8.4%)34(+6.2%) 2020-03-262,023(+8.7%)41(+21%) 2020-03-272,199(+8.7%)52(+27%) 2020-03-282,366(+7.6%)65(+25%) 2020-03-292,564(+8.4%)72(+11%) 2020-03-302,755(+7.4%)77(+6.9%) 2020-03-313,039(+10%)90(+17%) 2020-04-013,290(+8.3%)104(+16%) 2020-04-023,573(+8.6%)123(+18%) 2020-04-033,946(+10%)139(+13%) 2020-04-044,268(+8.2%)161(+16%) 2020-04-054,561(+6.9%)179(+11%) 2020-04-064,875(+6.9%)187(+4.5%) 2020-04-075,266(+8%)203(+8.6%) 2020-04-085,597(+6.3%)218(+7.4%) 2020-04-095,830(+4.2%)237(+8.7%) 2020-04-106,014(+3.2%)247(+4.2%) 2020-04-116,191(+2.9%)260(+5.3%) 2020-04-126,369(+2.9%)273(+5%) 2020-04-136,513(+2.3%)285(+4.4%) 2020-04-146,706(+3%)299(+4.9%) 2020-04-156,876(+2.5%)309(+3.3%) 2020-04-167,074(+2.9%)321(+3.9%) 2020-04-177,268(+2.7%)336(+4.7%) 2020-04-187,437(+2.3%)346(+3%) 2020-04-197,580(+1.9%)355(+2.6%) 2020-04-207,711(+1.7%)364(+2.5%) 2020-04-217,891(+2.3%)370(+1.6%) 2020-04-228,108(+2.7%)384(+3.8%) 2020-04-238,271(+2%)394(+2.6%) 2020-04-248,408(+1.7%)403(+2.3%) 2020-04-258,643(+2.8%)418(+3.7%) 2020-04-268,773(+1.5%)422(+0.96%) 2020-04-278,896(+1.4%)427(+1.2%) 2020-04-289,049(+1.7%)434(+1.6%) 2020-04-299,206(+1.7%)443(+2.1%) 2020-04-309,356(+1.6%)452(+2%) 2020-05-019,509(+1.6%)460(+1.8%) 2020-05-029,605(+1%)475(+3.3%) 2020-05-039,721(+1.2%)484(+1.9%) 2020-05-049,868(+1.5%)493(+1.9%) 2020-05-0510,019(+1.5%)503(+2%) 2020-05-0610,136(+1.2%)506(+0.6%) 2020-05-0710,281(+1.4%)514(+1.6%) 2020-05-0810,416(+1.3%)522(+1.6%) 2020-05-0910,517(+0.97%)526(+0.77%) 2020-05-1010,627(+1%)529(+0.57%) 2020-05-1110,711(+0.79%)533(+0.76%) 2020-05-1210,789(+0.7%)527(+1.0%) 2020-05-1310,865(+0.7%)533(+1.1%) 2020-05-1410,911(+0.42%)537(+0.75%) 2020-05-1510,989(+0.71%)537(=) 2020-05-1611,056(+0.61%)543(+1.1%) 2020-05-1711,125(+0.62%)547(+0.74%) 2020-05-1811,166(+0.37%)548(+0.18%) 2020-05-1911,242(+0.68%)551(+0.55%) 2020-05-2011,315(+0.65%)554(+0.54%) 2020-05-2111,380(+0.57%)561(+1.3%) 2020-05-2211,428(+0.42%)561(=) 2020-05-2311,487(+0.52%)561(=) 2020-05-2411,558(+0.62%)562(+0.18%) 2020-05-2511,586(+0.24%)563(+0.18%) 2020-05-2611,627(+0.35%)563(=) 2020-05-2711,679(+0.45%)565(+0.36%) 2020-05-2811,712(+0.28%)568(+0.53%) 2020-05-2911,793(+0.69%)568(=) 2020-05-3011,833(+0.34%)571(+0.53%) 2020-05-3111,869(+0.3%)574(+0.53%) 2020-06-0111,899(+0.3%)576(+0.3%) 2020-06-0211,934(+0.29%)580(+0.69%) 2020-06-0311,971(+0.31%)580(=) 2020-06-0412,011(+0.33%)582(+0.34%) 2020-06-0512,075(+0.53%)586(+0.69%) 2020-06-0612,124(+0.41%)587(+0.17%) 2020-06-0712,148(+0.2%)589(+0.34%) 2020-06-0812,162(+0.12%)593(+0.68%) 2020-06-0912,201(+0.32%)593(=) 2020-06-1012,216(+0.12%)593(=) 2020-06-1112,235(+0.16%)593(=) 2020-06-1212,299(+0.52%)594(+0.17%) 2020-06-1312,339(+0.33%)597(+0.51%) 2020-06-1412,393(+0.44%)597(=) 2020-06-1512,417(+0.19%)598(+0.17%) 2020-06-1612,450(+0.27%)598(=) 2020-06-1712,494(+0.35%)598(=) 2020-06-1812,544(+0.4%)600(+0.33%) 2020-06-1912,591(+0.37%)600(=) ⋮12,591(=)600(=) 2020-06-2212,727(+1.1%)602(+0.3%) 2020-06-2312,761(+0.27%)603(+0.17%) 2020-06-2412,815(+0.42%)603(=) 2020-06-2512,836(+0.16%)603(=) 2020-06-2612,875(+0.3%)604(+0.17%) ⋮12,875(=)604(=) 2020-06-2912,951(+0.59%)605(+0.17%) 2020-06-3012,968(+0.13%)605(=) 2020-07-0112,994(+0.2%)606(+0.17%) 2020-07-0213,015(+0.16%)606(=) 2020-07-0313,032(+0.13%)606(=) ⋮13,032(=)606(=) 2020-07-0613,079(+0.36%)607(+0.17%) 2020-07-0713,089(+0.08%)609(+0.33%) 2020-07-0813,101(+0.09%)609(=) 2020-07-0913,117(+0.12%)609(=) 2020-07-1013,147(+0.23%)609(=) ⋮13,147(=)609(=) 2020-07-1313,238(+0.69%)610(+0.16%) 2020-07-1413,262(+0.18%)610(=) 2020-07-1513,293(+0.23%)610(=) 2020-07-1613,325(+0.24%)610(=) 2020-07-1713,374(+0.37%)611(+0.16%) ⋮13,374(=)611(=) 2020-07-2013,466(+0.69%)611(=) 2020-07-2113,506(+0.3%)611(=) 2020-07-2213,554(+0.36%)611(=) 2020-07-2313,596(+0.31%)612(+0.16%) 2020-07-2413,642(+0.34%)613(+0.16%) ⋮13,642(=)613(=) 2020-07-2713,775(+0.97%)613(=) 2020-07-2813,811(+0.26%)613(=) 2020-07-2913,868(+0.41%)614(+0.16%) 2020-07-3013,964(+0.69%)615(+0.16%) 2020-07-3114,028(+0.46%)615(=) ⋮14,028(=)615(=) 2020-08-0314,235(+1.5%)616(+0.16%) 2020-08-0414,314(+0.55%)616(=) 2020-08-0514,440(+0.88%)616(=) 2020-08-0614,586(+1%)617(+0.16%) 2020-08-0714,747(+1.1%)617(=) ⋮14,747(=)617(=) 2020-08-1015,135(+2.6%)620(+0.49%) 2020-08-1115,291(+1%)621(+0.16%) 2020-08-1215,419(+0.84%)621(=) 2020-08-1315,590(+1.1%)621(=) 2020-08-1415,758(+1.1%)621(=) 2020-08-1515,867(+0.69%)621(=) 2020-08-1616,003(+0.86%)621(=) 2020-08-1716,127(+0.77%)621(=) 2020-08-1816,246(+0.74%)621(=) 2020-08-1916,336(+0.55%)621(=) 2020-08-2016,453(+0.72%)621(=) 2020-08-2116,525(+0.44%)621(=) 2020-08-2216,637(+0.68%)622(+0.16%) 2020-08-2316,715(+0.47%)622(=) 2020-08-2416,821(+0.63%)623(+0.16%) 2020-08-2516,905(+0.5%)623(=) 2020-08-2616,962(+0.34%)623(=) 2020-08-2717,052(+0.53%)624(+0.16%) 2020-08-2817,125(+0.43%)624(=) 2020-08-2917,204(+0.46%)624(=) 2020-08-3017,316(+0.65%)624(=) 2020-08-3117,410(+0.54%)624(=) 2020-09-0117,509(+0.57%)625(+0.16%) 2020-09-0217,620(+0.63%)626(+0.16%) 2020-09-0317,800(+1%)626(=) 2020-09-0417,974(+0.98%)627(+0.16%) 2020-09-0518,163(+1.1%)627(=) 2020-09-0618,310(+0.81%)627(=) 2020-09-0718,540(+1.3%)628(+0.16%) 2020-09-0818,784(+1.3%)628(=) 2020-09-0919,036(+1.3%)628(=) 2020-09-1019,353(+1.7%)629(+0.16%) 2020-09-1119,646(+1.5%)629(=) 2020-09-1219,989(+1.7%)630(+0.16%) 2020-09-1320,327(+1.7%)631(+0.16%) 2020-09-1420,674(+1.7%)633(+0.32%) 2020-09-1521,013(+1.6%)633(=) 2020-09-1621,382(+1.8%)634(+0.16%) 2020-09-1721,836(+2.1%)635(+0.16%)