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Week 15, when 2,554 deaths were recorded, is the highest number of deaths in a single week during the 2000s. But as DN was able to report on May 4, the number began to decline.
The new statistics from Statistics Sweden, It was published on Monday and is updated until May 8, confirms the image. Since week 15, the death toll, that is, many more who have died compared to the average year, has continued to decline. Weeks 18 and 17 recorded 2,067 and 2,218 deaths, respectively, compared to 2,554 during peak week 15.
The big drop occurred in Stockholm County, which saw more than twice the deaths during week 14, 15 and 16 than the average year, but has now dropped to a slightly lower level. The death toll has also decreased in Uppsala and Södermanland. However, this does not mean that mortality is no longer a fact in those counties, the figures on the number of deaths are still significantly higher than the average in recent years.
– The decrease is evident in Stockholm County. But the death toll remains high. In week 18, the death toll in Stockholm and Östergötland counties exceeded 50 percent compared to 2015–2019, says Linus Garp, researcher with Swedish Statistics on Statistics and Economic Well-being, in a press release.
However, there are large regional differences. In Östergötland, there has been no significant reduction in the number of deaths, and in some counties, for example, Kronoberg and Kalmar counties, no mortality has been reported.
At the municipal level The death toll in April compared to the average in 2015-2019 was highest in Borlänge, Sollentuna and Sundbyberg, where they died three times more than the average in April. Mortality continues to be higher among men over 80 years of age.
Statistics Sweden’s statistics, which are updated every Monday, are preliminary and may be updated. There is some delay in the figures, but the statistics from two weeks ago are not expected to change greatly. The statistics also say nothing about why the person died.
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