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Today 35 new deaths have been reported. Thus, 6,057 people with covid-19 have died in Sweden. The new deaths in today’s figure are added from last Friday.
162,240 people have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in Sweden since the start of the pandemic. On Friday, that number was 146,461, representing an increase of 15,779 new cases.
2,851 people receive or have received intensive care due to covid-19.
Sara Byfors, Head of Unit, Public Health Agency, begins press conference.
– We have a continuous increase during the last week in the number of cases. Possibly a slightly downward trend, but it’s too early to tell yet. We have now reached more than 50 million cases worldwide and around 1.3 million deaths. We have almost 9.3 million cases in the EU, including the UK, and 243,000 deaths. It is increasing in many parts of Europe.
Between weeks 43 and 44, it doubled. We don’t have a duplication between weeks 44 and 45, says Sara Byfors, unit manager, Public Health Agency.
So far, 2,851 people have been treated in VAT for covid-19 in Sweden.
– What we see is a clear trend break, that the number of people with covid-19 like her increases the need for VAT care, says Sara Byfors.
Sara Byfors is now entering regions where general councils have tightened.
Kalmar: The increase between weeks 44 and 45 is very large, there is a strong increase in the number of cases. They point out that they must make a real effort to test and track the number of cases. It is starting to fill up with people in need of covid-19 care. The burden is increasing, so they want to introduce municipalities to avoid an increase in the number of cases.
Västerbotten: where stricter advice is also introduced. A similar and perhaps even greater increase between weeks 44 and 45. A wide and increasing spread of infection throughout the region for all age groups. Here too a wide and increasing spread of the infection is observed throughout the region in principle, in most age groups. says Sara Byfors.
Norrbotten: The same situation in Norrbotten as in Västerbotten, you can see that it is increasing rapidly, says Sara Byfors. They see some spread of the infection in nursing homes. There is no great burden on health care, but it is about to increase. You see a spread in nursing homes and it is difficult to cope with monitoring and testing for infections, even if they change gears.
The council aims to avoid physical contact with people other than those in the home. It is especially important to avoid those contacts that last more than 15 minutes. It is better to be seen outdoors, the risk increases indoors.
Do not host dinners or parties. If you have dinner, you do it with your family.
If you are single, you may have some contacts.
To clarify this with the fact that the interior is a risk zone, we recommend refraining from staying indoors such as stores and shopping centers. You shouldn’t go have fun shopping.
You should also refrain from participating in meetings, especially cups, matches and competitions. This does not apply to children and youth born after 2005.
Furthermore, we want to avoid unnecessary travel between Västerbotten and Norrbotten. These are the first regions to introduce this. You must not go outside the region and not go far within your region. With longer trips, you increase the risk of new contacts that you would not otherwise make.
The general advice is valid for four weeks from today.
– The city councils aim to reduce social contacts and maintain their distance. If you see that it is crowded, do not go in and do not wait for someone else to take over that responsibility, says Sara Byfors.
According to the National Board of Health and Welfare, 130 are served in VAT in Sweden. There are many vacancies, no region reports critical impacts or equipment shortages, according to
Johanna Sandwall, National Board of Health and Welfare.
– However, all regions are pessimistic about the future and believe it will get worse in the next 14 days.
Right now, nine regions of Sweden are in personal mode. However, all regions are pessimistic about the future and believe it will get worse in the next 14 days, says Johanna Sandwall.
A new MSB report is available on the authority’s website. MSB maps people’s attitudes towards the virus. People’s concerns have increased in several areas. At the end of September, almost half were worried about new outbreaks, a month later, almost 7 out of 10 are worried about it. This also applies to categories such as health ability, where anxiety also increases. More estimate that they are likely to be infected. More evaluate that they become more compatible with the recommendations of the authorities. According to MSB, concern about infection in society is increasing now, with more and more people assessing that the risk of becoming infected is increasing.
During the spring, the health service made 1,100 intensive care places available immediately. Eight hundred patients, most of whom were covid patients, were admitted when the pressure was at its highest.
– If we had not made this change, we would not have had enough places, says Emma Spak, section manager, SKR.
– When we had the largest capacity in Sweden, we had 1,100 occupying seats. In total, almost 800 patients were cared for simultaneously in intensive care in Sweden during care. If we hadn’t made that change, we wouldn’t have made it in the spring. To cope with this, it has been necessary to cancel some care. During the pandemic, despite cancellation of care, 80 percent of planned care was completed.
