It was the VG, which first reported koronadødsfallet in the municipality in the south of the Inland county.

The 80-year-old woman has been sheltered in solitary confinement at Åsnes nursing home. This is the first koronadødsfallet in Åsnes, and the third overall in the Inland. In Norway now have 61 people lost their lives because of koronaviruset.

– Sorry, ” says the mayor

This is a sad admission to easter, and I feel with the family and next of kin, type Åsnes-mayor Kari Heggelund on Åsnes municipality’s website.

the Mayor writes further on the home page that it has been demanding for weeks, and that all make big changes in everyday life in order to prevent infection.

” The fact that we lose one of our citizens to the virus, so that we all feel that this is actually here, and that we do what we do for a reason.

Heggelund advises local residents to take care of each other:

– Talk with each other, and have the extra care for each other and think about someone you know who needs to be seen. Let me know if there is anything you need, or if you are worried about someone.