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Last week, the tests increased to a record of more than 120,000, according to official information. Only 1.3 percent were positive.
In the spring, the level had been around 19 percent for weeks. According to some experts, the national strategy, which has meanwhile reduced the risk of infection, is paying off.
Sweden is running its own course in the Crown crisis, which is also under close scrutiny abroad and sometimes draws strong criticism. The government has opposed the blockade and instead relies on the individual responsibility of citizens, as well as rules of distance and good hygiene behavior. The idea behind this is to focus on slowing down the spread of the virus, as the pathogen cannot be eradicated anyway.
Significantly more deaths
So far, more than 5,800 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus have died in Sweden. The per capita death rate is therefore significantly higher than in other northern European countries. At the same time, however, it is lower than in Italy, Spain and Great Britain, where there were blockades. Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) have praised the Swedish model as sustainable.
The head of the Swedish health authority, Johan Carlson, said that the national guidelines are easy to understand and intended for a longer period of time. The population has now internalized them. The country now has the lowest spread rate in Scandinavia. In Spain and France, positive tests are picking up again after lockdown measures ended.
“Our strategy was consistent and sustainable. We probably have a lower risk of spread than other countries,” said Professor of Epidemiology Jonas Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institutet. According to him, Sweden is now likely to have higher immunity among the population than most other countries. “I think we are benefiting a lot now,” Ludvigsson said.
Great Britain: highest since late May
The number of corona infections has increased significantly again in Great Britain. In recent days, nearly 3,000 new infections have been confirmed each day, according to official government figures released Tuesday. This is the highest level since the end of May.
Young people, in particular, are currently infected with the virus. This also explains the low increase in deaths to date, as Covid-19 is typically less severe in younger people. “Do not kill your grandmother by spreading the coronavirus and infecting her,” warned Health Minister Matt Hancock on the BBC and asked the British to continue to observe the rules of distance and hygiene and not gather in larger groups.
Experts view the numbers with concern and warn of a second wave. “People have become too relaxed,” British epidemiologist and health adviser Jonathan Van-Tam told the BBC. A spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) also told Sky News that he expected further spikes in the number of cases in Britain.
More recently, the government had often explained the growing number of infections with the large number of tests that are now being carried out. More recently, it was over 175,000 a day. In this way, more infections can be recognized as such than in the spring. However, there have been crown outbreaks over and over again recently, for example at illegal parties, soccer games, or at a school.
The tests also seem to have reached the limit. Sarah Jane-Marsh, who is responsible for testing management, told Sky News that the labs were at a “tipping point” and capabilities urgently needed to be expanded. Over the past seven days, the number of cases in the UK has exceeded the critical threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 population. The British government has imposed a two-week quarantine on those entering from regions with a higher infection rate. Health Minister Hancock wanted to report Tuesday on new measures to contain infections.
Again an increase in Italy
In Italy, the number of new infected with the corona virus increased again in 24 hours. From Monday to Tuesday 1,370 new infections were reported, after 1,108 the day before. Ten people died within 24 hours of being infected with SARS-CoV-2, compared with twelve the day before.
35,563 people have died with or from the coronavirus since the epidemic broke out in Italy on February 20. The number of cases still active was 33,789, while that of Covid 19 patients treated in hospitals increased from 1,719 to 1,760. There were 143 patients in the intensive care unit on Tuesday, the day before there were 142. There are currently 31,886 people in home quarantine.
In the Lombardy region, the Italian region hardest hit by the pandemic, there were two deaths on Tuesday. The death toll rose to 16,888. Authorities counted 271 new infected people. The number of Covid-19 patients in Lombard hospitals was 248. Among them is Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been at the San Raffaele Clinic in Milan since Thursday night due to his Covid-19 disease. . There were 27 patients in Lombardy’s intensive care units, one more than the day before.
Germany: many infections abroad
German health authorities reported 1,499 new corona infections in one day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced this on its home page on Tuesday.
Data from the RKI management report shows that of those infected from August 31 to September 6, for whom information on the country of infection is available, 32 percent are likely to be infected abroad. According to the current report, over a four-week period, Croatia, Kosovo, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Spain were most frequently named as possible infected countries.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), at least 252,298 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the beginning of the Corona crisis (data status 9/8, 00:00) . By Tuesday morning, about 226,500 people had survived the infection. The number of deaths related to corona infection is 9,329. Four more deaths have been reported since the previous day.
