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Another 20 people infected with covid-19 have died in Sweden. In total, the death toll is now 919 people. However, the Public Health Authority expects a delay in the death toll due to the weekend.
Olivia Wigzell, Director General of the National Board of Health, Anders Wallensten, Deputy Public Health Agency for State Epidemiologists, and Maria Bergstrand MSB The Swedish Society for Social Protection and Preparedness during the press conference on Monday.
Almost 11,000 people have been confirmed infected in Sweden, representing an increase of around 500 people since Sunday.
In recent days, the death toll in Sweden has been much lower than before in April. However, the figures for the Easter weekend should be interpreted with caution.
According to the Public Health Authority, there is often a delay in reporting on weekends, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions from the figures presented at the time.
– The number of deaths per day is a delay of. We know they will come later, says state epidemiologist deputy Anders Wallensten of Monday’s figures.
The number of intensive care units increased by 20 people between Sunday and Monday, to just under 860 people. In Sweden, there are now 1,039 intensive care sites, which is comparable to 526 before the change in medical care began to create more places.
“It obviously means a tense position for staff,” says Olivia Wigzell, director general of the National Board of Social Affairs.
At the same time, protective equipment and other equipment are lacking in many areas. However, the National Board of Health and Welfare has received a lot of practical attention, which will be distributed to the regions.
– This means that we have relatively good access to the spirit of the hand in Sweden.
Difficult to compare figures between countries
Figures on the number of infected and dead in a country give an idea of the situation in that particular country, but figures from different countries cannot be easily compared with each other.
The number of cases of infection depends largely on the amount of testing that a country performs, and can tell more about the country’s strategy for infection detection than the extent of infection. This means that the number of tests carried out can also affect the relationship between the number of confirmed infected and dead in a country.
How many deaths does a country have to compare with its population. But comparisons between the number of deaths per capita are difficult. Partly because that number depends on where the outbreak is. Partly because counted deaths, as well as the possibility of accurate statistics, differ between countries.
In Sweden, the personal identification number goes to the death registry, which means that all those who died in covid-19 are captured, while, for example, Italy lacks individual data. Several countries, unlike Sweden, also count only people who die in hospitals and not those who die at home or in nursing homes. Both factors, according to the Public Health Authority, contribute to Sweden’s per capita death rate looking relatively high in an international comparison.
An image of the severity of the pandemic in different directions is expected in the future, as death rates in different countries will be comparable to the average values of years in which the virus has not devastated.
