On Monday morning, the chief medical officer of the Faroe Islands, Lars Fodgaard Møller, announced that the Faroe Islands had a total of 18 COVID-19 cases. 24 hours later, on Tuesday morning that number had almost trippled.
The Faroe Islands now has a total of 47 cases. According to Kringvarp Føroya, two of these are employees at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands.
During the last few weeks, a total of 703 have been tested for the virus.