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“No, we remain on this path,” chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Reuters news agency said in a telephone interview. “This is how it works in Sweden.” Most of the voluntary measures have been implemented. Sweden announced 5,990 new infections on Friday, the highest since the pandemic broke out. The death toll rose 42, the highest number in three months.
6,000 dead since the pandemic began
More than 6,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded since the pandemic began. As announced by the FOHM health authority, the number of new infections has increased rapidly in recent weeks. Almost ten percent of the people tested tested positive last week. Two weeks ago, it was reportedly 5.6 percent.
Last Thursday, a total of 141,764 people were infected in the official Crown– Statistics displayed. This also results in 314 new people infected per 100,000 residents in the last 14 days.
Voluntary recommendations
Sweden has taken a special route since the beginning of the Corona crisis and relies on its residents to voluntarily follow the recommendations for infection prevention. In ten regions, people are currently asked to have as little social contact as possible and to avoid shopping malls, museums, concerts, and public transport.
During the first wave, the “Swedish model” was also controversially discussed in Austria, and the turquoise-green government took advantage of the tough measures it had taken to prevent an overload of the healthcare system and many deaths.
