These self-tests are not registered in the MSIS lab database and are not included in the data used in Figure 1. Self-tests: Since August 2021, adolescents have tested themselves on a large scale with rapid antigen tests, as part of the strategy to replace quarantine with testing. The weekly report presents total figures for both PCR and rapid antigen tests. These are not included in the data used in Figure 1. Rapid antigen tests: From January 2021, more and more people have been tested with rapid antigen tests.
The figure showing the number tested and the number of positive test results among them only includes data from people tested with PCR tests, not people who have been tested with rapid antigen tests. What is included in the figures for the number tested? Data on reported cases are therefore not directly comparable over time. This will affect the number of cases reported to MSIS, primarily in the population over the age of 18, where we will capture a lower proportion of those infected than before. Until, everyone who has tested positive for self-tests has been encouraged to take a confirmatory PCR test.įrom, people who have had a booster dose, or who have received 2 doses of coronavirus vaccine and had COVID-19 during the last 3 months will, as a general rule, no longer be offered a confirmatory PCR test or rapid antigen test at a test centre after a positive self-test. Results from self-tests are not registered in MSIS. Throughout autumn 2021, there has been an increasing use of self-tests. Since December 2020, cases diagnosed with rapid antigen tests were also required to be notified to MSIS.
From the start of the pandemic, all PCR-positive cases were subject to notification to MSIS. The notification criteria for COVID-19 to MSIS have changed along the way. What is included in the figures for the number of reported cases?ĬOVID-19 is a notifiable disease to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS).
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