STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden registered 2,203 new coronavirus instances within the final 4 days, Well being Company statistics confirmed on Tuesday, taking the whole to 100,654 because the begin of the pandemic.
Sweden has shunned lockdowns, leaving most faculties, eating places and companies open all through the pandemic.
Sweden registered 5 new deaths since Friday, taking the whole to five,899 deaths. Sweden’s dying fee per capita is a number of occasions greater than Nordic neighbours however decrease than international locations like Spain, Italy and the UK that opted for lockdowns.
(Reporting by Johan Ahlander; modifying by Johannes Hellstrom)
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