COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Map of confirmed cases in Sweden (absolute numbers)
Map of confirmed cases in Sweden (adjusted for population)
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Sweden
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Jönköping
Arrival date	24 January 2020 (4 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Date	7 May 11:30 CEST
Confirmed cases	24,623
Severe cases	1,645 ICU hospitalisations
Deaths	3,040
Government website
Swedish Public Health Agency Covid-19 (in Swedish)

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Sweden on 31 January 2020, when a woman returning from Wuhan tested positive. On 26 February, following outbreaks in Italy and in Iran, multiple travel-related clusters appeared in Sweden. Community transmission was confirmed on 9 March in the Stockholm region. Since then, individuals in every län (county) have tested positive for COVID-19. The first death was reported on 11 March in Stockholm, a case of community transmission.

Sweden has, unlike many other countries, not imposed any lockdown, with most measures being voluntary. The Swedish constitution prohibits ministerial rule and mandates that the relevant government body, in this case an expert agency – the Public Health Agency – must initiate all actions to prevent the virus in accordance with Swedish law, rendering state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell a central figure in the crisis. The government can follow agency recommendations, as it has with legislation limiting freedom of assembly, temporarily banning gatherings of over 50 individuals, banning people from visiting nursing homes, as well as physically closing secondary schools and universities. Primary schools have remained open, in part to avoid healthcare workers staying home with their children.

The Public Health Agency and government issued recommendations to: if possible, work from home; avoid unnecessary travel within the country; to engage in social distancing; and for people above 70 to stay at home, as much as possible. Those with even minimal symptoms that could be caused by COVID-19 are recommended to stay home. The 'karensdag' or initial day without paid sick-leave has been removed by the government and the length of time one can stay home with pay without a doctor's note has been raised from 7 to 21 days.

Sweden began testing for the virus in January, and by late April, approximately 120,000 tests had been performed. As of 7 May 2020, there have been 24,623 confirmed cases, of which 1,645 received intensive care, and 3,040 deaths related to COVID-19 in Sweden, with Stockholm County being the most affected.

Background

Outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease

Further information: COVID-19 pandemic § History

On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus (nCoV) was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China, who had initially come to the WHO's attention on 31 December 2019. This cluster was initially linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan City. A few days later, on 16 January, the Swedish Public Health Agency issued a press release highlighting the discovery of the novel coronavirus, and the agency monitoring the situation. The risk of spread to Sweden was described as "very low" as there was yet no evidence that the virus could spread between humans, but they recommended that individuals developing cough or fever after visiting Wuhan should seek medical care, and asked for healthcare professionals to be observant.

After the World Health Organization classified the novel Coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January and demanded that all member states should cooperate to prevent further spread of the virus, the Agency requested for the Swedish government to classify the novel disease as a notifiable infectious disease in the Swedish Communicable Diseases Act as both dangerous to public health (allmänfarlig) and dangerous to society (samhällsfarlig), where contact tracing is required, giving the disease the same legislative status as Ebola, SARS and Smallpox. The agency also announced that they have analysing methods that can diagnose a case of the novel disease ‘within hours’ after testing, and that such tests had already been carried out, but that all had turned out negative.

The COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the WHO on 11 March,

Pandemic plan

Following the 2005 outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu, Sweden drafted their first national pandemic plan, which since then had undergone several revisions. Since a 2008 revision to prepare for the 2009 swine flu pandemic, the plan includes the formation of a National Pandemic Group (NPG) in the event of a possible pandemic. The group involves several agencies, and define each agency’s role. The plan states that the Public Health Agency of Sweden, headed by director general Johan Carlson, will be the expert agency responsible for monitoring diseases with a pandemic potential, and with the mandate to assemble the National Pandemic Group to coordinate pandemic preparations and strategies on a national level, between the relevant agencies. The plan includes four additional governmental agencies: the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the Swedish Medical Products Agency, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Work Environment Authority, as well as the county administrative boards of Sweden and the employer's organisation Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions.

Preparedness

In the 2019 Global Health Security Index published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Sweden was considered to be one of the ‘most prepared’ countries in the world for an epidemic or a pandemic, ranking 7th overall. Sweden was considered to be among the countries most capable of preventing the emergence of a new pathogen, early detection of an epidemic and reporting an epidemic of international concern and having a low risk environment. However, the Swedish health system received a lower score, questioning if it was sufficient and robust enough to treat the sick and protect health workers.

Before the outbreak of the new coronavirus, Sweden had a relatively low number of hospital beds per capita, with 2.2 beds per 1000 people (2017), and intensive care unit (ICU) beds per capita of 5.8 per 100.000 people. Both numbers were lower than most countries' in the EU. The total number of ICU beds in Swedish hospitals was 526.

History

COVID-19 cases in Sweden  ()
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Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-02-04			1(n.a.)
2020-02-05			1(=)
2020-02-06			1(=)
2020-02-07			1(=)
2020-02-08			1(=)
2020-02-09			1(=)
2020-02-10			1(=)
2020-02-11			1(=)
2020-02-12			1(=)
2020-02-13			1(=)
2020-02-14			1(=)
2020-02-15			1(=)
2020-02-16			1(=)
2020-02-17			1(=)
2020-02-18			1(=)
2020-02-19			1(=)
2020-02-20			1(=)
2020-02-21			1(=)
2020-02-22			1(=)
2020-02-23			1(=)
2020-02-24			1(=)
2020-02-25			1(=)
2020-02-26			2(+100%)
2020-02-27			3(+50%)
2020-02-28			11(+267%)
2020-02-29			14(+27%)
2020-03-01			14(=)
2020-03-02			19(+36%)
2020-03-03			32(+68%)
2020-03-04			62(+94%)
2020-03-05			87(+40%)
2020-03-06			146(+68%)
2020-03-07			179(+23%)
2020-03-08			225(+26%)
2020-03-09			326(+45%)
2020-03-10			424(+30%)
2020-03-11			620(+46%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-12			771(+24%)	1(=)
2020-03-13			923(+20%)	2(+1)
2020-03-14			994(+7.7%)	3(+1)
2020-03-15			1,063(+6.9%)	5(+2)
2020-03-16			1,146(+7.8%)	7(+2)
2020-03-17			1,265(+10%)	8(+1)
2020-03-18			1,410(+11%)	14(+6)
2020-03-19			1,553(+10%)	21(+7)
2020-03-20			1,733(+12%)	30(+9)
2020-03-21			1,869(+7.8%)	38(+8)
2020-03-22			1,987(+6.3%)	49(+11)
2020-03-23			2,169(+9.2%)	60(+11)
2020-03-24			2,399(+11%)	81(+21)
2020-03-25			2,713(+13%)	103(+22)
2020-03-26			2,999(+11%)	134(+31)
2020-03-27			3,364(+12%)	166(+32)
2020-03-28			3,664(+8.9%)	201(+35)
2020-03-29			3,944(+7.6%)	239(+38)
2020-03-30			4,360(+11%)	284(+45)
2020-03-31			4,834(+11%)	332(+48)
2020-04-01			5,320(+10%)	385(+53)
2020-04-02			5,874(+10%)	455(+70)
2020-04-03			6,476(+10%)	535(+80)
2020-04-04			6,833(+5.5%)	605(+70)
2020-04-05			7,173(+5%)	690(+85)
2020-04-06			7,562(+5.4%)	780(+90)
2020-04-07			8,301(+9.8%)	864(+84)
2020-04-08			8,955(+7.9%)	979(+115)
2020-04-09			9,600(+7.2%)	1,065(+86)
2020-04-10			10,054(+4.7%)	1,155(+90)
2020-04-11			10,449(+3.9%)	1,257(+102)
2020-04-12			10,913(+4.4%)	1,354(+97)
2020-04-13			11,350(+4%)	1,438(+84)
2020-04-14			11,829(+4.2%)	1,529(+91)
2020-04-15			12,433(+5.1%)	1,644(+115)
2020-04-16			13,056(+5%)	1,755(+111)
2020-04-17			13,745(+5.3%)	1,838(+83)
2020-04-18			14,277(+3.9%)	1,924(+86)
2020-04-19			14,665(+2.7%)	2,011(+87)
2020-04-20			15,126(+3.1%)	2,096(+85)
2020-04-21			15,833(+4.7%)	2,158(+62)
2020-04-22			16,556(+4.6%)	2,235(+77)
2020-04-23			17,314(+4.6%)	2,321(+86)
2020-04-24			18,095(+4.5%)	2,410(+89)
2020-04-25			18,568(+2.6%)	2,483(+73)
2020-04-26			18,868(+1.6%)	2,557(+74)
2020-04-27			19,431(+3%)	2,631(+74)
2020-04-28			20,173(+3.8%)	2,714(+83)
2020-04-29			20,972(+4%)	2,797(+83)
2020-04-30			21,608(+3%)	2,875(+78)
2020-05-01			22,140(+2.5%)	2,953(+78)
2020-05-02			22,439(+1.4%)	3,025(+72)
2020-05-03			22,700(+1.2%)	3,100(+75)
2020-05-04			23,177(+2.1%)	3,183(+83)
2020-05-05			23,834(+2.8%)	3,255(+72)
2020-05-06			24,579(+3.1%)	3,328(+73)
2020-05-07			25,364(+3.2%)	3,408(+80)
2020-05-08			26,065(+2.8%)	3,468(+60)
2020-05-09			26,574(+2%)	3,536(+68)
2020-05-10			26,853(+1%)	3,609(+73)
2020-05-11			27,308(+1.7%)	3,674(+65)
2020-05-12			28,062(+2.8%)	3,735(+61)
2020-05-13			28,760(+2.5%)	3,785(+50)
2020-05-14			29,417(+2.3%)	3,831(+46)
2020-05-15			30,105(+2.3%)	3,889(+58)
2020-05-16			30,463(+1.2%)	3,937(+48)
2020-05-17			30,722(+0.85%)	3,989(+52)
2020-05-18			31,152(+1.4%)	4,048(+59)
2020-05-19			31,818(+2.1%)	4,089(+41)
2020-05-20			32,626(+2.5%)	4,141(+52)
2020-05-21			33,236(+1.9%)	4,194(+53)
2020-05-22			33,768(+1.6%)	4,250(+56)
2020-05-23			34,171(+1.2%)	4,305(+55)
2020-05-24			34,381(+0.61%)	4,349(+44)
2020-05-25			34,871(+1.4%)	4,391(+42)
2020-05-26			35,617(+2.1%)	4,419(+28)
2020-05-27			36,417(+2.2%)	4,457(+38)
2020-05-28			37,191(+2.1%)	4,497(+40)
2020-05-29			37,964(+2.1%)	4,537(+40)
2020-05-30			38,396(+1.1%)	4,575(+38)
2020-05-31			38,661(+0.69%)	4,621(+46)
2020-06-01			39,309(+1.7%)	4,660(+39)
2020-06-02			40,209(+2.3%)	4,696(+36)
2020-06-03			41,255(+2.6%)	4,724(+28)
2020-06-04			42,294(+2.5%)	4,768(+44)
2020-06-05			43,440(+2.7%)	4,805(+37)
2020-06-06			44,220(+1.8%)	4,834(+29)
2020-06-07			44,682(+1%)	4,867(+33)
2020-06-08			45,359(+1.5%)	4,905(+38)
2020-06-09			46,296(+2.1%)	4,938(+33)
2020-06-10			47,733(+3.1%)	4,977(+39)
2020-06-11			49,026(+2.7%)	5,012(+35)
2020-06-12			50,355(+2.7%)	5,041(+29)
2020-06-13			51,387(+2%)	5,074(+33)
2020-06-14			51,805(+0.81%)	5,101(+27)
2020-06-15			52,490(+1.3%)	5,131(+30)
2020-06-16			53,699(+2.3%)	5,159(+28)
2020-06-17			55,156(+2.7%)	5,191(+32)
2020-06-18			56,650(+2.7%)	5,220(+29)
2020-06-19			57,859(+2.1%)	5,250(+30)
2020-06-20			58,557(+1.2%)	5,279(+29)
2020-06-21			58,878(+0.55%)	5,301(+22)
2020-06-22			59,678(+1.4%)	5,321(+20)
2020-06-23			60,987(+2.2%)	5,346(+25)
2020-06-24			62,683(+2.8%)	5,368(+22)
2020-06-25			63,959(+2%)	5,391(+23)
2020-06-26			65,163(+1.9%)	5,402(+11)
2020-06-27			65,918(+1.2%)	5,416(+14)
2020-06-28			66,333(+0.63%)	5,439(+23)
2020-06-29			67,059(+1.1%)	5,455(+16)
2020-06-30			67,867(+1.2%)	5,475(+20)
2020-07-01			68,552(+1%)	5,490(+15)
2020-07-02			69,239(+1%)	5,505(+15)
2020-07-03			69,933(+1%)	5,513(+8)
2020-07-04			70,297(+0.52%)	5,528(+15)
2020-07-05			70,612(+0.45%)	5,537(+9)
2020-07-06			70,863(+0.36%)	5,552(+15)
2020-07-07			71,141(+0.39%)	5,564(+12)
2020-07-08			71,674(+0.75%)	5,574(+10)
2020-07-09			72,008(+0.47%)	5,589(+15)
2020-07-10			72,377(+0.51%)	5,603(+14)
2020-07-11			72,685(+0.43%)	5,613(+10)
2020-07-12			72,791(+0.15%)	5,621(+8)
2020-07-13			72,961(+0.23%)	5,633(+12)
2020-07-14			73,273(+0.43%)	5,641(+8)
2020-07-15			73,560(+0.39%)	5,647(+6)
2020-07-16			73,828(+0.36%)	5,653(+6)
2020-07-17			74,112(+0.38%)	5,660(+7)
2020-07-18			74,303(+0.26%)	5,671(+11)
2020-07-19			74,413(+0.15%)	5,678(+7)
2020-07-20			74,544(+0.18%)	5,684(+6)
2020-07-21			74,770(+0.3%)	5,691(+7)
2020-07-22			75,067(+0.4%)	5,697(+6)
2020-07-23			75,287(+0.29%)	5,702(+5)
2020-07-24			75,549(+0.35%)	5,705(+3)
2020-07-25			75,687(+0.18%)	5,706(+1)
2020-07-26			75,729(+0.06%)	5,708(+2)
2020-07-27			75,800(+0.09%)	5,714(+6)
2020-07-28			76,083(+0.37%)	5,718(+4)
2020-07-29			76,384(+0.4%)	5,719(+1)
2020-07-30			76,686(+0.4%)	5,719(=)
2020-07-31			76,944(+0.34%)	5,721(+2)
2020-08-01			77,247(+0.39%)	5,723(+2)
2020-08-02			77,285(+0.05%)	5,726(+3)
2020-08-03			77,450(+0.21%)	5,730(+4)
2020-08-04			77,783(+0.43%)	5,732(+2)
2020-08-05			78,208(+0.55%)	5,733(+1)
2020-08-06			78,586(+0.48%)	5,737(+4)
2020-08-07			78,966(+0.48%)	5,739(+2)
2020-08-08			79,226(+0.33%)	5,740(+1)
2020-08-09			79,299(+0.09%)	5,744(+4)
2020-08-10			79,495(+0.25%)	5,746(+2)
2020-08-11			79,912(+0.52%)	5,750(+4)
2020-08-12			80,355(+0.55%)	5,753(+3)
2020-08-13			80,718(+0.45%)	5,758(+5)
2020-08-14			81,062(+0.43%)	5,759(+1)
2020-08-15			81,288(+0.28%)	5,760(+1)
2020-08-16			81,351(+0.08%)	5,760(=)
2020-08-17			81,525(+0.21%)	5,763(+3)
2020-08-18			81,839(+0.39%)	5,767(+4)
2020-08-19			82,190(+0.43%)	5,768(+1)
2020-08-20			82,523(+0.41%)	5,770(+2)
2020-08-21			82,821(+0.36%)	5,775(+5)
2020-08-22			82,981(+0.19%)	5,776(+1)
2020-08-23			83,038(+0.07%)	5,779(+3)
2020-08-24			83,212(+0.21%)	5,780(+1)
2020-08-25			83,434(+0.27%)	5,781(+1)
2020-08-26			83,678(+0.29%)	5,783(+2)
2020-08-27			83,880(+0.24%)	5,784(+1)
2020-08-28			84,059(+0.21%)	5,785(+1)
2020-08-29			84,190(+0.16%)	5,786(+1)
2020-08-30			84,238(+0.06%)	5,789(+3)
2020-08-31			84,400(+0.19%)	5,791(+2)
2020-09-01			84,571(+0.2%)	5,794(+3)
2020-09-02			84,784(+0.25%)	5,796(+2)
2020-09-03			85,070(+0.34%)	5,798(+2)
2020-09-04			85,332(+0.31%)	5,798(=)
2020-09-05			85,503(+0.2%)	5,798(=)
2020-09-06			85,570(+0.08%)	5,801(+3)
2020-09-07			85,755(+0.22%)	5,802(+1)
2020-09-08			85,991(+0.28%)	5,803(+1)
2020-09-09			86,305(+0.37%)	5,805(+2)
2020-09-10			86,559(+0.29%)	5,807(+2)
2020-09-11			86,850(+0.34%)	5,811(+4)
2020-09-12			87,056(+0.24%)	5,812(+1)
2020-09-13			87,162(+0.12%)	5,814(+2)
2020-09-14			87,382(+0.25%)	5,816(+2)
2020-09-15			87,674(+0.33%)	5,817(+1)
2020-09-16			88,004(+0.38%)	5,819(+2)
2020-09-17			88,393(+0.44%)	5,820(+1)
2020-09-18			88,830(+0.49%)	5,821(+1)
2020-09-19			89,109(+0.31%)	5,822(+1)
2020-09-20			89,242(+0.15%)	5,826(+4)
2020-09-21			89,508(+0.3%)	5,828(+2)
2020-09-22			89,946(+0.49%)	5,829(+1)
2020-09-23			90,499(+0.61%)	5,829(=)
2020-09-24			91,039(+0.6%)	5,830(+1)
2020-09-25			91,669(+0.69%)	5,834(+4)
2020-09-26			91,994(+0.35%)	5,836(+2)
2020-09-27			92,161(+0.18%)	5,837(+1)
2020-09-28			92,539(+0.41%)	5,838(+1)
2020-09-29			93,152(+0.66%)	5,840(+2)
2020-09-30			93,841(+0.74%)	5,844(+4)
2020-10-01			94,474(+0.67%)	5,845(+1)
2020-10-02			95,186(+0.75%)	5,848(+3)
2020-10-03			95,647(+0.48%)	5,851(+3)
2020-10-04			95,803(+0.16%)	5,854(+3)
2020-10-05			96,177(+0.39%)	5,856(+2)
2020-10-06			96,963(+0.82%)	5,860(+4)
2020-10-07			97,794(+0.86%)	5,863(+3)
2020-10-08			98,628(+0.85%)	5,864(+1)
2020-10-09			99,411(+0.79%)	5,869(+5)
2020-10-10			99,920(+0.51%)	5,874(+5)
2020-10-11			100,081(+0.16%)	5,876(+2)
2020-10-12			100,718(+0.64%)	5,879(+3)
2020-10-13			101,634(+0.91%)	5,880(+1)
2020-10-14			102,602(+0.95%)	5,882(+2)
2020-10-15			103,504(+0.88%)	5,885(+3)
2020-10-16			104,683(+1.1%)	5,887(+2)
2020-10-17			105,380(+0.67%)	5,891(+4)
2020-10-18			105,701(+0.3%)	5,892(+1)
2020-10-19			106,472(+0.73%)	5,896(+4)
2020-10-20			107,761(+1.2%)	5,900(+4)
2020-10-21			109,332(+1.5%)	5,903(+3)
2020-10-22			110,998(+1.5%)	5,912(+9)
2020-10-23			112,865(+1.7%)	5,919(+7)
2020-10-24			114,342(+1.3%)	5,927(+8)
2020-10-25			114,856(+0.45%)	5,935(+8)
2020-10-26			115,925(+0.93%)	5,946(+11)
2020-10-27			118,339(+2.1%)	5,955(+9)
2020-10-28			121,728(+2.9%)	5,964(+9)
2020-10-29			124,990(+2.7%)	5,973(+9)
2020-10-30			129,046(+3.2%)	5,982(+9)
2020-10-31			132,033(+2.3%)	5,995(+13)
2020-11-01			133,330(+0.98%)	6,017(+22)
2020-11-02			134,899(+1.2%)	6,037(+20)
2020-11-03			138,507(+2.7%)	6,057(+20)
2020-11-04			142,989(+3.2%)	6,078(+21)
2020-11-05			147,733(+3.3%)	6,100(+22)
2020-11-06			152,187(+3%)	6,125(+25)
2020-11-07			156,638(+2.9%)	6,152(+27)
2020-11-08			158,735(+1.3%)	6,174(+22)
2020-11-09			162,460(+2.3%)	6,209(+35)
2020-11-10			166,957(+2.8%)	6,244(+35)
2020-11-11			172,666(+3.4%)	6,271(+27)
2020-11-12			178,230(+3.2%)	6,299(+28)
2020-11-13			184,960(+3.8%)	6,332(+33)
2020-11-14			188,473(+1.9%)	6,370(+38)
2020-11-15			190,054(+0.84%)	6,409(+39)
2020-11-16			192,598(+1.3%)	6,446(+37)
2020-11-17			197,056(+2.3%)	6,490(+44)
2020-11-18			202,017(+2.5%)	6,540(+50)
2020-11-19			209,626(+3.8%)	6,586(+46)
2020-11-20			215,084(+2.6%)	6,631(+45)
2020-11-21			219,576(+2.1%)	6,682(+51)
2020-11-22			221,998(+1.1%)	6,741(+59)
2020-11-23			225,875(+1.7%)	6,796(+55)
2020-11-24			231,549(+2.5%)	6,864(+68)
2020-11-25			237,615(+2.6%)	6,933(+69)
2020-11-26			244,518(+2.9%)	6,993(+60)
2020-11-27			250,980(+2.6%)	7,058(+65)
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2021-10-05			1,156,266(+0.07%)	14,908(+6)
2021-10-06			1,157,069(+0.07%)	14,919(+11)
2021-10-07			1,157,811(+0.06%)	14,927(+8)
2021-10-08			1,158,411(+0.05%)	14,935(+8)
2021-10-09			1,158,427(=)	14,941(+6)
2021-10-10			1,158,436(=)	14,946(+5)
2021-10-11			1,159,557(+0.1%)	14,951(+5)
2021-10-12			1,160,462(+0.08%)	14,955(+4)
2021-10-13			1,161,258(+0.07%)	14,962(+7)
2021-10-14			1,161,926(+0.06%)	14,966(+4)
2021-10-15			1,162,491(+0.05%)	14,967(+1)
2021-10-16			1,162,505(=)	14,973(+6)
2021-10-17			1,162,505(=)	14,978(+5)
2021-10-18			1,163,583(+0.09%)	14,983(+5)
2021-10-19			1,164,401(+0.07%)	14,986(+3)
2021-10-20			1,165,187(+0.07%)	14,989(+3)
2021-10-21			1,165,964(+0.07%)	14,993(+4)
2021-10-22			1,166,853(+0.08%)	14,996(+3)
2021-10-23			1,167,378(+0.04%)	14,999(+3)
2021-10-24			1,167,697(+0.03%)	15,000(+1)
2021-10-25			1,168,237(+0.05%)	15,006(+6)
2021-10-26			1,169,499(+0.11%)	15,010(+4)
2021-10-27			1,170,390(+0.08%)	15,014(+4)
2021-10-28			1,171,470(+0.09%)	15,020(+6)
2021-10-29			1,172,447(+0.08%)	15,024(+4)
2021-10-30			1,173,309(+0.07%)	15,026(+2)
2021-10-31			1,173,610(+0.03%)	15,030(+4)
2021-11-01			1,174,238(+0.05%)	15,032(+2)
2021-11-02			1,175,400(+0.1%)	15,037(+5)
2021-11-03			1,176,237(+0.07%)	15,047(+10)
2021-11-04			1,177,063(+0.07%)	15,049(+2)
2021-11-05			1,177,794(+0.06%)	15,053(+4)
2021-11-06			1,178,391(+0.05%)	15,061(+8)
2021-11-07			1,178,669(+0.02%)	15,063(+2)
2021-11-08			1,179,173(+0.04%)	15,065(+2)
2021-11-09			1,180,495(+0.11%)	15,073(+8)
2021-11-10			1,181,515(+0.09%)	15,075(+2)
2021-11-11			1,182,440(+0.08%)	15,083(+8)
2021-11-12			1,183,351(+0.08%)	15,089(+6)
2021-11-13			1,184,180(+0.07%)	15,091(+2)
2021-11-14			1,184,491(+0.03%)	15,094(+3)
2021-11-15			1,185,065(+0.05%)	15,099(+5)
2021-11-16			1,186,362(+0.11%)	15,104(+5)
2021-11-17			1,187,568(+0.1%)	15,107(+3)
2021-11-18			1,188,698(+0.1%)	15,110(+3)
2021-11-19			1,190,012(+0.11%)	15,115(+5)
2021-11-20			1,191,104(+0.09%)	15,117(+2)
2021-11-21			1,191,568(+0.04%)	15,120(+3)
2021-11-22			1,192,539(+0.08%)	15,123(+3)
2021-11-23			1,194,617(+0.17%)	15,126(+3)
2021-11-24			1,196,725(+0.18%)	15,126(=)
2021-11-25			1,198,840(+0.18%)	15,126(=)
2021-11-26			1,200,865(+0.17%)	15,127(+1)
2021-11-27			1,202,624(+0.15%)	15,127(=)
2021-11-28			1,203,506(+0.07%)	15,128(+1)
2021-11-29			1,204,856(+0.11%)	15,130(+2)
2021-11-30			1,207,515(+0.22%)	15,134(+4)
2021-12-01			1,209,943(+0.2%)	15,135(+1)
2021-12-02			1,212,145(+0.18%)	15,136(+1)
2021-12-03			1,214,293(+0.18%)	15,153(+17)
2021-12-04			1,216,376(+0.17%)	15,155(+2)
2021-12-05			1,217,303(+0.08%)	15,158(+3)
2021-12-06			1,219,557(+0.19%)	15,163(+5)
2021-12-07			1,222,895(+0.27%)	15,164(+1)
2021-12-08			1,226,154(+0.27%)	15,165(+1)
2021-12-09			1,229,217(+0.25%)	15,167(+2)
2021-12-10			1,232,094(+0.23%)	15,167(=)
2021-12-11			1,234,491(+0.19%)	15,168(+1)
2021-12-12			1,235,794(+0.11%)	15,168(=)
2021-12-13			1,238,689(+0.23%)	15,168(=)
Source: Public Health Agency of Sweden – Folkhälsomyndigheten Notes:

On 31 January, the first Swedish case was confirmed in a woman in Jönköping who had travelled to Sweden from Wuhan on 24 January directly from Wuhan. The case was fully isolated and there are no reports of further spread. The second case was diagnosed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg on 26 February, after a man who had recently returned from northern Italy following the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy had developed symptoms. With five additional cases confirmed on 27 February, the Swedish Public Health Agency ('Folkhälsomyndigheten') put out a statement that these cases were all related to travel to high-risk zones and that there was no evidence of community transmission. Disease control measures, including extensive contact tracing, turned up over 200 travel-related cases in the following weeks, all with connection to confirmed cases or travel to high risk regions.

On 27 February, Uppsala County confirmed its first case in a woman with a travel history to Germany, where she had met with an Italian colleague, and had been admitted to Uppsala University Hospital after seeking medical attention with flu-like symptoms. This came as the first cases of community transmission was confirmed among two patients who had sought care at S:t Göran Hospital, Stockholm, on 6 March. They were assumed to have been infected through community transmission approximately 7 days before seeking care. The following day, Jämtland and Västernorrland also confirmed initial cases.

Responding to indications of local transmission in the Stockholm area and Västra Götaland, the Public Health Agency on 10 March raised the risk assessment of community spread from moderate to very high, which is the highest level. The first death was reported on 11 March, when a person in their 70s from the Stockholm region died in the intensive care unit of Karolinska University Hospital. The person was reported to have acquired the virus through community transmission, believed to have occurred about one week before death. The person also belonged to a risk group. After the first case in Västmanland County was confirmed on 13 March, the disease had reached all of the 21 regions in Sweden.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden declared on 13 March that stopping the spread of Covid-19 has entered a "new phase" which requires "other efforts". The continued focus is now to delay spread among the population and to protect the elderly and most vulnerable against the disease. The health agency believed that 5-10% of the population in Stockholm County were carrying the virus on 9 April. In mid-April, it was reported that out of the approximately 1300 people who had died after having caught the virus, one third had been living at nursing homes. The figure differed between the regions. In Stockholm, the city most affected by the pandemic, half of the deaths had been residents in one of its many nursing homes. The Health Agency saw the spread at the homes as their biggest concern as of then, but "not as a failure of our overall strategy, but as a failure of our way to protect the elderly". The situation led to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate to begin carrying out controls at the homes.

Government policy

The Swedish government has tried to focus efforts on encouraging the right behaviour and creating social norms rather than mandatory restrictions. Government officials including Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven, as well as the Public Health Agency of Sweden have encouraged each individual to take responsibility for their own health and the health of others. The Swedish constitution mandates that the relevant expert agency, in this case the Public Health Agency, must issue advice prior to any government actions aiming to prevent the spread of the virus with a strong mandate that the expert agencies should initiate actions, avoiding rule by ministers. The independence of Swedish agencies and the choice of 'recommendations' instead of legislation has received much coverage in international media. Swedish foreign minister, Ann Linde described Sweden as having ‘rather small ministries, but rather big authorities’ (with the Public Health Agency being one such authority), and this going back 300–400 years, and Sweden being characterized by a very high level of trust in its authorities from both the people and the politicians, and that Swedes had a very strong urge to following recommendations from authorities, thus making legislation largely unnecessary. When asked if Sweden would consider tougher restrictions, Löfven and Linde both made clear that the Swedish government wouldn't hesitate to do so if deemed necessary and on advice from the expert agencies, but that such measures needed to be taken at the right time, and they believe it's hard to make people adhere to lockdowns for an extended period.

Response from the authorities

Strategy

The Swedish strategy was to slow down the spread of the virus, in order to keep the healthcare system from getting overwhelmed, and to protect its senior and/or vulnerable citizens. The authorities had also decided to use a strictly scientific approach in their response to the pandemic. According to Johan Giesecke, a former state epidemiologist and currently adviser to the Swedish Public Health Agency:

We, or the Swedish government, decided early, in January, that the measures we should take against the pandemic should be evidence-based. And when you start looking around at the measures being taken now by different countries, you'll find that very few of them have a shred of evidence

Unlike many European countries, including neighboring Denmark and Norway, Sweden didn't close its preschools or elementary schools as a preventive measure. This was met with criticism within Sweden. According to the Health Agency, the main reasons for not closing the schools was that school closings as a preventive measure lacked support by earlier research or scientific literature, and because of its negative effects on society. They argued that many parents, including healthcare professionals, would have no choice but to stay home from work in order to watch over their kids if schools were closed. There was also concern for a situation where elderly people babysit their grandchildren, as they are of bigger risk of severe symptoms in case of infection. In May, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said that the decision was right, as the healthcare system wouldn't have managed the situation the past months if Swedish authorities had chosen to close elementary schools.

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, the architect behind the Swedish strategy.

After the Danish government went against the advice of the Danish Health Authority and closed their national borders in March, Tegnell remarked that there were currently no scientific studies supporting border closures to be an effective measure against a pandemic, and that "history has proven it to be completely meaningless measure". He argued that it could, at best, delay the outbreak for one week, and also pointed out that the WHO had recommended against border closures. While many countries imposed nationwide lockdowns and curfews, such extreme measures are prohibited by the Swedish constitution. The Swedish authorities however considered such measures to be unnecessary, as they believed that voluntary measures could be just as effective as bans.

Communication

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell during a press conference outside the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden in 2020

Beginning in March, press conferences were held daily to at 14:00 local time, with representatives from the three government agencies responsible for coordinate Sweden's response to the pandemic on a national level; the Public Health Agency, usually represented by state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell or deputy state epidemiologist Anders Wallensten, the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

In March, the Civil Contingencies Agency received 75 million SEK from the government for public service announcements to inform the public about the virus, and how to reduce the spread of the disease in order to flatten the curve to avoid overloading the Swedish healthcare system.

Recommendations

In response to COVID-19, the Public Health Agency of Sweden issued a series of infographics in different languages describing how to protect oneself and others from infection.

On 10 March, responding to indications of community transmission, the Public Health Agency advised everyone with respiratory infections, even mild cases, to refrain from social contacts where there is a risk of spreading the virus, in private as well as working life. They also ask health care staff working with risk groups, including nursing homes, not work if they have any symptoms of respiratory infection. Relatives of elderly should also avoid unnecessary visits at hospitals and in facilities for elderly, and never visit if there are any respiratory symptoms. On 16 March, the agency recommended that people over 70 should limit close contact with other people, and employers should recommend their employees work from home. One month later, statistics showed that roughly half the Swedish workforce was now working from home. The following day, the agency recommended that secondary schools and universities use distance learning, with schools following suit all over the country.

In April, many of the organisations running the public transport systems for the Swedish counties had reported a 50% drop of public transport usage, including Kalmar Länstrafik in Kalmar County, Skånetrafiken in Skåne County, Stockholm Public Transport in Stockholm County, and Västtrafik in Västra Götaland County. In Stockholm, the streets grew increasingly emptier, with a 30% drop in the number of cars, and 70% less pedestrians.

According to an analysis of mobile network data from the Easter week carried out by mobile network operator Telia, most Swedes had followed the agency's recommendations to avoid unnecessary travels during the Easter holidays. Overall, travel from the Stockholm region had decreased by 80-90%, and the number of citizens of Stockholm travelling to popular holiday destinations like Gotland and the ski resorts in Åre had fallen with more than 90%. Travel between other regions in Sweden had fallen as well. Ferry-line operator Destination Gotland, who previously had called on their customers to rethink their planned trips for Easter, reported that 85% of all bookings had been rescheduled.

Advice against travel

The government has issued progressively stricter advisories against travel. Beginning on 17 February, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised against all trips to Hubei Province, China, as well as non-essential travel to the rest of China apart from Hong Kong and Macao. On 2 March the Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised against trips to Iran, due to the uncontrolled spread of the Covid-19 in the country. The Swedish Transport Agency also revoked Iran Air's permit for Iranian flights to land in Sweden from the same date. According to the foreign ministry, there were several thousands Swedish citizens in Iran at the time of the ban, many of them with difficulties getting back to Sweden. On 6 March, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised against all non-necessary trips to northern Italy, specifically the regions of Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche and Toscana. Turin, Milan, Venice, Verona, Trieste and Florence are large cities in these regions. The Public Health Agency of Sweden, who initiated the recommendation for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, states that the decision is based solely on the strain of the Italian health care system. On similar grounds, the foreign affairs ministry also advised against all non-necessary travel to the city of Daegu and the province of Gyeongbuk in South Korea. The advice regarding travel to Italy was extended 10 March to include all of its regions. Finally, all international travel was discouraged on 14 March. The advice was to be in place for one month, after which it would be up for review. Travel from non-EU/EEA member states was stopped on 17 March and unnecessary travel within Sweden was advised against on 19 March.

The foreign ministry estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 Swedes were stranded abroad in late March. According to Swedish policy, Swedes travelling abroad has their own responsibility to arrange for any return travels, without assistance from Swedish diplomatic missions, and travellers trying to travel home are referred to airlines, travel agencies or insurance companies. Some of those were critical of the foreign ministry, and were asking for help from the Swedish authorities. The foreign ministry were initially reluctant to depart from the policy. However, as a growing number of countries closed their airports and many Swedes found themselves stranded in a foreign country unable to arrange travels themselves, the foreign ministry began work on evacuating Swedish citizens.

On 7 April, the foreign ministry extended the advice against all non-essential travel abroad until 15 June, when it would again be reconsidered.

Rules and legislation

On 11 March, the same day as the first Swedish death to COVID-19, the Swedish government passed a new law at the request of the Public Health Agency, limiting freedom of assembly by banning all gatherings larger than 500 people, with threat of fine and prison. The ban would apply until further notice. According to the Health Agency, the reasoning behind drawing the line at 500 was to limit long-distance travel within the nation's borders, as bigger events are more likely to attract visitors from all over the country. Although freedom of assembly is protected by the Swedish constitution in the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression, the constitution allows for a government to restrict the freedom, if needed to limit the spread of an epidemic. On 27 March the government announced that the ban of public gatherings would be lowered to include all gatherings of more than 50 people, to further decrease the spread of the infection, again at the request of the Public Health Agency. The ban would apply to arts and entertainment events including theatre, cinema and concerts, religious meetings, demonstrations, lectures, competitive sports, amusement parks, fairs and markets. The ban did not include gatherings in schools, workplaces, public transport, grocery stores or shopping malls, health clubs or private events. The ban on large gatherings had no end-date, and as of late April, the Health Agency was reported as having no plans for when the ban should be lifted.

Again, on 11 March, the karensdag, the unpaid first day of sick leave, was temporarily discontinued in an effort to encourage people to stay home if they were experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19. On 13 March, the government decided to temporarily abolish the demand of a doctor's certificate for 14 days for people staying home from work due to illness (i.e. sick pay period). Previously a doctor's certificate was needed after seven days.

On 24 March 2020, the government introduced new restrictions to bars and restaurants requiring all service to be table service only. Restaurants were also recommended increase the space between the tables. Venues that do not adhere to the new restrictions could be shut down. Several bars and restaurants were later ordered to close by municipal health inspectors. Beginning on 1 April, all private visits to nursing homes was outlawed by the government. Many municipalities had already forbidden such visits. The national ban was however general, and those in charge of the facilities would be able to make exceptions under special circumstances, provided that the risk of spread of the virus was low.

Following reports of people hoarding medication and concerns of drug shortages, the Medical Products Agency requested for the Swedish government to impose restrictions on purchases. This resulted in a new regulation limiting the amount of drugs purchased at the same occasion to three months worth of consumption, down from a previous limit of one year. The new regulations came to effect on 1 April and would be in place until further notice, and included to both prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Economics

In mid-March, the government proposed a 300 billion SEK (€27bn) emergency package to reduce the economic impact of the crisis. The proposal included a system with a reduction in work hours where the government will pay half to salary, aiming to help businesses stay afloat without having to do layoffs. Further, the government would pay the employer's expenses for any sick leaves, which is normally shared between the employer and the state. The normal costs of employer contributions have also been temporarily discontinued for small business owners. This will save small businesses approximately 5000 SEK per employee each month but will result in a loss of tax revenue of 33 billion SEK. The budget emergency package proposed by the government in mid-March to lessen the economic impact of the crisis was supported across the political spectrum, including all parties in opposition in the Riksdag. It was also welcomed by trade unions as well as the private and business sectors. However, some union representatives stressed that 'it won't be enough', a view shared by the biggest employer's organisation, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Local governments, such as the municipal government in Gävle, have applied measures to businesses delaying the payment of invoices until September 1, 2020 at the earliest and deferring rent payments. On 2 April, the Financial Supervisory Authority ('Finansinspektionen') decided that Swedish banks temporarily can allow exemptions for housing mortgage lenders regarding amortizing of loans.

Response from the public healthcare system

Testing and surveillance

Number of analyzed samples per week

Week	Date	Tests	Positive	Positive %
4–8	25 January – 23 February	180	1	1%
9	24 February – 1 March	752	13	2%
10	2–8 March	4,302	211	5%
11	9–15 March	8,990	835	9%
12	16–22 March	10,404	911	16%
13	23–29 March	12,349	1,943	16%
14	30 March – 5 April	17,776	3,210	18%
15	6–12 April	19,880	3,711	19%
16	13–19 April	20,233	3,740	18%
17	20–26 April	24,288	4,160	17%
Total	—	119,154	18,735	16%
Note: Numbers are updated weekly with a delay of several days. Latest figures from 1 May 2020.

The first tests were carried out in January, and according to the Swedish Public Health Agency, ‘around twenty tests’ had already been carried out before the first positive case was confirmed on 30 January. The agency considered that all individuals who developed any symptoms of disease in the respiratory tract after visiting Wuhan should be tested, even those with less severe symptoms. The Public Health Agency expanded testing for Covid-19 on 4 March beyond only those who have been in risk areas abroad, to also test cases of pneumonia without known cause. Initially, all tests were carried out at the agency's high-containment laboratory in Solna. But in mid-February, in order to increase testing capacity and allow for faster test results, testing also began at the clinical medical laboratories in Göteborg, Halmstad, Lund, Skövde, Stockholm, Umeå and Uppsala.

In early March, the Health Agency expanded the sentinel surveillance system in use for monitoring the influenza season, so that samples from patients with flu-like symptoms would also be tested for SARS-CoV-2 along with the influenza viruses. In late April, approximately 1300 samples had been analyzed within the sentinel system. Between 27 March and 3 April, the health agency tested approximately 800 randomly selected individuals in Stockholm County, to seek knowledge of the then current infection rate. As it was estimated that Stockholm County by then had the highest infection rate in Sweden, the agency choose to focus on that region. According to the results, 2.5% of the local population were carrying the virus in the upper respiratory tract during the surveyed period. Based on the study and a doubling time of 6–7 days, the agency concluded that 5-10% of the population in the region were carrying the virus on 9 April.

At the end of March, the number of tests carried out each week numbered 10,000. In mid-April, the number of weekly tests had doubled to approximately 20,000. On 19 April, a total of 94,000 samples had been tested.

Capacity

The Stockholm International Fairs, Stockholmsmässan, are being converted into a field hospital with the help of the Swedish Defence Force. The field hospital will be able to house 600 seriously and critically sick patients. The Swedish Defence Forces will provide equipment for 30 of the 600 beds and the Stockholm Regional Council will provide the remaining 570. The facilities were initially used for treating less severe cases, as opposed to those needing intensive care. In late April, it was reported that the Defence Force had provided 50 intensive care beds as part of the two field hospitals.

An army-constructed field hospital outside Östra Sjukhuset in Gothenburg on 23 March 2020. The tents contain temporary intensive care units for COVID-19 patients.

Medical tent set up outside Visby Hospital, 14 March 2020.

Medical tent set up outside Enköping Hospital

Streetsigns outside Sahlgrenska hospital from late February telling those with potential symptoms of COVID-19 to wait outside the hospital.

The increasing number of cases in large areas such as Stockholm and Uppsala has resulted in the cancellation or postponement of up to 90% of planned surgeries, including cancer-related surgeries.

Before the pandemic, the Swedish healthcare system had the capacity to treat approximately 500 persons in intensive care units (ICU). The relatively low number of beds had stayed a source of concern as the crisis evolved, and even though the number had increased to 800 at the beginning of April, healthcare professionals continued to express worry that their hospitals would eventually run out of beds. According to the calculations of the Swedish health agency, up to 1300 ICU beds would be needed when Sweden reached the top of the pandemic. On 13 April, the National Board of Health and Welfare reported that the total number of ICU beds had risen to 1039, with an occupancy of 80%.

Equipment

On 13 March, media reported that there is a shortage in personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care staff, and hospitals in Stockholm have been forced to reuse disposable PPEs after sanitation. The regional Health Care Director warned about this scenario in early March and government agencies have temporarily waived the public procurement law in order to hastily procure more supplies. The National Board of Health and Welfare ('Socialstyrelsen') confirmed that there is no preparedness storage and nothing to distribute to the health care sector. In early April, several counties expressed concern that they might run out of some vital drugs used in intensive care. Later that month, Stockholm County reported of an acute shortage of the anaesthetic propofol.

As one of the of the main tasks of the Swedish Defence Force is to support the civil community in case of disasters, their resources were utilized to lessen equipment shortages in the health-care system. The material supplied by the military included crucial medical equipment; X-ray generators, electrocardiographic machines, 154 ventilators and 154 intensive care monitors. The military also supplied personal protective equipment, including 60,000 gas masks and 40,000 protective suits.

Staffing

On 25 March 2020, Björn Eriksson, the Director of Healthcare in Stockholm, appealed to anyone in the Stockholm region who had experience in healthcare to volunteer. As of the 26 March 2020, 5100 people with healthcare experience had registered as volunteers.

The increasing number of cases in large areas such as Stockholm and Uppsala has resulted in the cancellation or postponement of up to 90% of planned surgeries, including cancer related surgeries.

When it became clear that the civil society would face difficulties managing the emergent crisis, the Swedish Defence Force were called in to assist the civilian society with manpower, equipment, and logistics. The preparations began in February and the first servicemen were deployed in March. By early April the total military deployed in civilian society numbered 400 servicemen, among them a number of officers to support the National Board of Health and Welfare with crisis management and laboratory technicians to support the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Tasks for the military personnel also including collecting and transporting samples. A number of military ambulances were also taken in use within the civilian health system.

Impact on society

Transport

Rail transport in Sweden, which is principally run by the public operator, SJ AB, has continued to operate throughout the pandemic, albeit with a slightly reduced schedule so that additional carriages can be added to trains, which in conjunction with fewer tickets being made available for sale, aims to ensure social distancing of those passengers that continue to travel.

Air transport in Sweden is primarily run by public and private companies (principally SAS and Norwegian Air Shuttle) and has been severely impacted by the pandemic and has been heavily reduced. Like airlines around the world, Sweden's carriers have reduced the frequency of their flights, reduced their work force and asked the local government for financial assistance. On 15 March, SAS announced that they would temporarily reduce their workforce by 10,000 people which constitutes roughly 90% of their workforce. Soon almost every domestic flight were cancelled. Swedish authorities advised against all non-essential travel inside and out of Sweden. SAS decided to from 6 April 2020 fly only four domestic departures and four domestic arrivals from Arlanda, plus some international while Norwegian cancelled all domestic flights in Sweden. Several airports closed temporarily.

The decrease in travel had a big impact on the public transport sector due to a loss of revenue in ticket sales, which led to trade association Swedish Public Transport Association (Svensk kollektivtrafik) asking the government for financial aid.

Education

On 13 March 2020 the spring Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (′Högskoleprovet′), was cancelled affecting approximately 70,000 prospective students who had registered themselves. This was the first time the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test has been cancelled since it was established in 1977. On 23 March 2020 the Swedish National Agency for Education ('Skolverket'), cancelled the national tests to give teachers in Sweden more time to prepare for the possibility of distance education.

Politics

In mid-March, the parliamentary leaders from the parties in the Riksdag agreed on using pairing for the upcoming weeks, to make it possible to decrease the number of members of parliament present during voting sessions, from the usual 349 to 55. This decision was taken both as a measure to lower the risk of spread of the infection (social distancing), and to make sure the daily work in the parliament could proceed even if a big number of MPs would become sick. Similar decisions were taken in many of Swedish municipal councils. Several regional assemblies also decreased the number of politicians present each session, including Västerbotten County who did it as a measure to decrease long-distance traveling, and Skåne County.

On 25 March, The Swedish Social Democratic Party together with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation decided to cancel their traditional May Day demonstrations. They will instead hold an event on a digital platform, which will include speeches by the Swedish prime minister and leader of the Social Democrats, Stefan Löfven, as well as union confederation leader Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson. The Left Party (Sweden) also cancelled their nationwide demonstrations, and announced that there would instead be a digital celebration, including a speech by party leader Jonas Sjöstedt. The Almedalen Week, considered to be the biggest and most important forum in Sweden for seminars, debates and political speeches on current social issues, held in Visby every summer, was cancelled as a result of the ban on large gatherings. The decision was taken on 1 April by the organiser after consultation with the major political parties. Prime Minister Stefan Löfvén had already announced that he had cancelled his planned participation in the upcoming event. A similar event in Stockholm, 'Järvaveckan', was also cancelled, and won't be held until 2021. The annual LGBT festival West Pride in Gothenburg was also cancelled as a result of the pandemic. Instead, the organisers proclaimed 25 May to 7 June a 'flag period', encouraging organisations and individuals to hoist the rainbow flag.

Royal family

Following the recommendation from the Swedish authorities that those over the age of 70 should self-isolate, the Swedish King and Queen, Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, aged 74 and 76, both chose to leave the palace to work for distance in the estate Stenhammar in Sörmland.

On 5 April, at the first day of the Holy Week, King Carl XVI Gustaf addressed the nation in a televised speech. In his speech, he stressed that all Swedes had an obligation to the country to "act responsibly and selflessly". He also stressed that many who otherwise would travel, spend time with friends and family or go to church would need to make sacrifices during the upcoming Easter holiday. In his speech, he specifically addressed those working or volunteering in the health-care sector, saying "This is a huge task. It requires courage. And it will require endurance. To all of you involved in this vital work, I offer my heartfelt thanks", as well as other people doing vital work in society, to ensure Swedes "can buy food, that public transport continues to operate, and everything else we so easily take for granted – my warmest thanks to you all". He finished saying that all would embrace the message "The journey is long and arduous. But in the end, light triumphs over darkness, and we will be able to feel hope again", ending his speech wishing everyone a happy Easter.

Defence

The Swedish Armed Forces cancelled the international military exercise Aurora 20 which was scheduled to be held between May and June. Austria and Canada had previously announced their cancellation of their planned participation.

Culture

On 6 March, Swedish National Broadcaster SVT held a crisis meeting to consider broadcasting the live finals of Melodifestivalen 2020 on 7 March without an audience, as a response to the growing outbreak. The Danish equivalent had recently decided to broadcast their version of the finals without an audience. Ultimately, SVT decided to allow the audience to enter the arena, although they advised people who felt sick to stay at home.

The ban of public gatherings with more than 500 people, later revised down to 50, led to concerts and other events being cancelled or postponed. Concerts cancelled due to the ban on large crowds included four sold-out concerts with Håkan Hellström at the Nya Ullevi Arena, Gothenburg, scheduled for June and August. As the total number of tickets sold to the concerts numbered 300,000, it was believed to be a significant blow to Gothenburg's tourism industry, with a potential loss of 900 million SEK (€8.4 million) if all concerts scheduled at the arena were to be cancelled. The organiser of the music festival Summerburst had previously announced cancelling their scheduled event at Nya Ullevi. The rock festival Sweden Rock, held every year since 1992 in Blekinge and scheduled for June, was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. Theatre and opera were affected, with major venues such as Gothenburg Opera House, Malmö Opera, Royal Dramatic Theatre and Royal Swedish Opera all closing their venues and cancel upcoming events. In April, the Swedish amusement parks Gröna Lund in Stockholm and Liseberg in Gothenburg announced that they were to cancel or reschedule all concerts scheduled before midsummer. The former had already postponed the season opening indefinitely, while the latter were still hoping to open the park as planned in mid-May. As the amusement parks mostly rely on seasonal workers, closures would result in thousands of cancelled employment contracts.

Starting 30 March 2020 the public library in Gävle will start with a book delivery service for people aged 70 or older. The library will also start a take-away service where you can pre-loan books and pick them in a take-away bag.

Sports

In athletics, all 2020 Diamond League events scheduled to be held in May were postponed, which included the meet in Stockholm. The world's largest half marathon in Gothenburg, Göteborgsvarvet, was postponed until later in 2020 and then cancelled completely on 27 March. The annual recreational bicycle race Vätternrundan, scheduled to be held in June, was also cancelled as a result of the pandemic. The organisers made the decision public on 2 April.

On 19 March, the governing body for association football in Sweden formally announced that the premiere of the 2020 season for the first and second division leagues, men's Allsvenskan and Superettan as well as women's Damallsvenskan and Elitettan, will be postponed to late May or early June. The decision will not affect the leagues below the second level. Two days later it was announced that the 2020 edition of the association football award ceremony Fotbollsgalan was cancelled. Many of the professional teams in the highest division warned that the loss of income following the postponement of the season would have a severe impact on their economy. After consultations with the Public Health Agency, the organization behind youth football tournament Gothia Cup, in Gothenburg, decided to cancel the 2020 event. According to the organizers, the tournament will return in 2021. The youth handball tournament Partille Cup was also cancelled. Professional handball was affected as well, with the last rounds and the finals in the highest men's and women's leagues, Handbollsligan and Svensk handbollselit, being cancelled. Similarly, the Swedish Basketball Federation choose to stop all games until May, effectively stopping the highest divisions SBL and SBL Dam mid-season.

In Speedway, the start of Elitserien, the highest league in the Swedish league system, was rescheduled to 2 June. In order to manage a tighter schedule, the sport's governing body Swedish Motorcycle and Snowmobile Federation also decided to cancel the quarterfinals.

Debate

Many outside Sweden considered the Swedish policies and the measures taken by its government to fight the pandemic to be different when compared to most other countries. Sweden questioned the scientific basis for imposing mandatory lockdown seen in other European countries, relying instead on the civic responsibility of its citizens to keep large parts of its society open. Although senior high schools were closed and gatherings of more than 50 people were banned, shops, restaurants and junior schools remained open. Citizens were requested (rather than ordered) to voluntarily observe social distancing rules, avoid non-essential travel, work from home and stay indoors if they are elderly or feeling ill. With Sweden instituting some of the least strict measures of any European country or of countries with a similar number of cases, the country's policy has attracted the attention of international media, both positive and negative.

Much of the international coverage was neutral, but some of it also contained criticism, and in some cases was accused of being "fake news". Many foreign news outlets described Sweden as pursuing a herd immunity strategy, including US president Donald Trump, who in a press briefing told the assembled media that Sweden was 'suffering very greatly' due to what he referred to as 'the herd', and that the US, if it had not taken much stricter social distancing measures, 'would have lost hundreds of thousands more people'. Responding partly to Trump's remarks, which she described by using the word ‘misinformation’, Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde said that the ‘so-called Swedish strategy’ was one of many myths about Sweden, and described it as ‘absolutely false’. Linde said that the Swedish goal was no different from most other countries; to save lives, hinder the spread of the virus and make the situation manageable for the health system. Sweden's state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, when asked about Trump's remarks, said that in his opinion Sweden was doing relatively well, and were no worse off than New York. Several articles in international media painted a picture of things being 'business as usual' in Sweden, with its citizens ignoring the recommendations to practice social distancing and avoiding unnecessary travel. According to Linde, this was another of the myths in the reporting about Sweden, and she said Sweden's combination of recommendations and legally binding measures had so far proven effective. One notable example was an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, saying everything in Sweden went on as normal, with Swedes "going about their daily routines". The article attracted particularly high attention, and was quoted by many European newspapers. The Guardian was also accused of misleading their readers in another article, by selectively choosing quotes and putting them in a different context, and by disproportionately giving room to critical voices from Sweden in their reporting. One of the most vocal Swedish critics quoted in foreign media was immunologist Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, and was quoted accusing the government of "leading us to catastrophe" and having "decided to let people die." Some of the harshest criticism was found in the Chinese paper Global Times, closely linked to the ruling Communist Party of China, accused Sweden of having capitulated to the virus, calling the country 'a black hole' and called for the international community to condemn Sweden's actions. Some, including Swedish justice minister Morgan Johansson, speculated that the strong criticism may be partly linked to the poor relations between the two countries after China's imprisonment of the Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai.

Anders Tegnell being interviewed during his daily coronavirus briefing in April 2020

Sweden's response to the pandemic was also heavily debated within Sweden. On 14 April, a debate article was sent to Swedish newspapers signed by 22 academics, saying that the strategy of the Swedish public health agency would lead to "chaos in the healthcare system". Moreover, they said that there was no transparency regarding the data used in the models made by the agency. Anders Tegnell from the public health agency responded to the criticism by saying that there was no lack in transparency in the agency's work and that all data is available to be downloaded by the public as an excel-file on their website. Additionally Tegnell stated that the numbers of deaths presented in the published article are wrong, especially regarding the specific number of deaths per day. Another claim in the article saying that Sweden's statistics were closing in to the ones of Italy was countered by Anders Tegnell saying that unlike Sweden, Italy and many other countries only report on deaths in hospitals, making it hard to compare the numbers of the different countries. In an interview with the journal Nature, Tegnell stated his view on the closedown, lockdown, and closing borders imposed in other European countries – "nothing has a historical scientific basis ... We have looked at a number of European Union countries to see whether they have published any analysis of the effects of these measures before they were started and we saw almost none." He also said in an interview with the BBC that Sweden's strategy is largely working in slowing the spread of the disease; although the death toll in nursing homes was high, the country's healthcare system did not become overwhelmed, and that Sweden's approach had made it better-placed than other countries in dealing with a second wave of infections.

According to surveys carried out in late March and early April, three out of four Swedes (71-76%) trusted the Public Health Agency, and nearly half of the people surveyed (47%) said they had 'very high trust' in the agency. A majority said they trusted the government, and 85% said they trusted the Swedish health-care system. A March 2020 survey reported that more than half (53%) of the Swedish population had trust in the state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, a higher share than for any of the current leaders of the Swedish political parties. The share of respondents who said that they didn't trust Tegnell was 18%.

Statistics

Cases

As of 26 April, 18,670 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Sweden. As of mid-April, Sörmland County was the region most affected by the pandemic (in cases per capita), followed by Stockholm County and Östergötland County.

Total cases

source: FOHM

Total confirmed cases

Cases per day

source: FOHM

Cases per day

Note: Data on new cases is compiled by the Public Health Agency of Sweden at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) each day. Reports of new cases to the Public Health Agency might be delayed by up to several days, especially around weekends, possibly introducing delays in reported number of cases for the last few days. Data on demographics are updated weekly with a delay of several days.

Intensive care

Swedish hospitals saw a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 patients receiving intensive care during March. The number of new patients somewhat stabilised during the first two weeks of April, with between 30-45 patients per day, averaging 39. The number of new patients admitted to ICU decreased slightly during the third week of April, averaging 35. The mean age of the patients who underwent intensive care was 59 years old, three out of four (74%) were men, and the average time between diagnosis and admission to an intensive care unit was 10 days. The majority (68%) of those who received intensive care had one or more underlying condition considered as one of the risk groups, with the most prevalent being hypertension (37%), diabetes (25%), chronic pulmonary heart disease (24%), chronic respiratory disease (14%) and chronic cardiovascular disease (11%). The share of patients not belonging to a risk group was significantly higher among younger patients. Among those younger than 60 years, 39% didn't have any of those underlying conditions. As of 26 April, 1,315 with a confirmed Covid-19 infection had received intensive care in Sweden.

Total hospitalisations

source: FOHM

Total intensive care hospitalisations

Hospitalisations per day

source: FOHM

Intensive care hospitalisations per day

Note: Data on new intensive care hospitalisations is compiled by the Public Health Agency of Sweden at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) each day. Reports of new intensive care hospitalisations to the Public Health Agency might be delayed by up to several days, especially around weekends, possibly introducing delays in reported number of cases for the last few days. Data on demographics are updated weekly with a delay of several days.

Deaths

Excess mortality in the Swedish population during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

Week	Excess mortality	Confirmed Covid-19 related deaths
13	277	190
14	714	450
15	947	659
Total	1938	1299

The mean age among those who died was 81 years, and a majority were 70 years or older, with few below 50 years of age. A large majority (93%) of the deaths belonged to at least one risk group, with chronic cardiovascular disease being the most prevalent (53%), followed by diabetes (26%), chronic respiratory disease (18%) and chronic renal failure (16%). More than half of the deaths has been in Stockholm County. As of 1 May 2020, 2,653 people with a confirmed Covid-19 infection had been reported dead in Sweden.

According to the health agency's analyzes, an excess mortality could be observed in the expected Swedish all-cause mortality rate for the season, beginning in late March. By mid-April, there had been approximately 1900 excess deaths in Sweden, mostly in Stockholm County.

Total deaths

source: FOHM

Total confirmed deaths

Deaths per day

source: FOHM

Deaths per day

Note: Data on new deaths is compiled by the Public Health Agency of Sweden at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) each day. Reports of new intensive care hospitalisations to the Public Health Agency might be delayed by up to several days, especially around weekends, possibly introducing delays in reported number of cases for the last few days. Data on demographics are updated weekly with a delay of several days.

Additional data

At a point, it was reported that a disproportionate number of those that had died by then were Somali (6) out of 89 deaths being members of the Somali community in the Stockholm Region.

New COVID-19 cases in Sweden by county ()

Source: FOHM	County																					Cases				Deaths				ICU admissions				Analysed samples
Date	Blekinge	Dalarna	Gotland	Gävleborg	Halland	Jämtland	Jönköping	Kalmar	Kronoberg	Norrbotten	Scania	Stockholm	Södermanland	Uppsala	Värmland	Västerbotten	Västernorrland	Västmanland	Västra Götaland	Örebro	Östergötland	New	Total	Diff	7d avg	New	Total	Diff	7d avg	New	Total	Diff	7d avg	New	Total	Week
																																		11	11	4
																																		26	37	5
2020-02-04							1															1	1											78	115	6
																							1											38	153	7
																							1											27	180	8
2020-02-26																			1			1	2	+100%										752	781	9
2020-02-27												1										1	3	+50%
2020-02-28							1					2		2					3			8	11	+267%	1
2020-02-29												1							2			3	14	+27%	2
2020-03-01																							14		2
2020-03-02											1	1							3			5	19	+36%	2									4302	5083	10
2020-03-03											1	10							2			13	32	+68%	4
2020-03-04											7	21							1	1		30	62	+94%	8
2020-03-05												22		2					1			25	87	+40%	11
2020-03-06				2							8	36		1	11				1			59	146	+68%	17					1	1		1
2020-03-07											5	21		1					5	1		33	179	+23%	21					1	2	+100%	1
2020-03-08					1		2					29		1					11	2		46	225	+26%	26					1	3	+50%	1
2020-03-09					4		6			1	3	64	1		7				15			101	326	+45%	38					0	3		1	8990	14073	11
2020-03-10	1				1			1	1		34	26		4	3	8	6		13			98	424	+30%	49					2	5	+67%	1
2020-03-11	6	1	2	1	16	3	16	2	7	4	37	32	6	4	2				57			196	620	+46%	70	1	1		1	1	6	+20%	1
2020-03-12	2	3		2	9	5	7	2	2		32	42	3	11	4	1	3		19	3	1	151	771	+24%	86		1		1		6		1
2020-03-13		1		1	9	3	4		3	1	42	31	6	10	3		2	5	19	2	10	152	923	+20%	97	1	2	+100%	1	2	8	+33%	1
2020-03-14				1		3		2	1		25	18	1	4	1	3			5		7	71	994	+7.7%	102	1	3	+50%	1	6	14	+75%	2
2020-03-15	1				2	7	4		1		4	17	4		1	1			18		9	69	1063	+6.9%	105	2	5	+67%	1	5	19	+36%	2
2020-03-16				2	1	1	2				3	34	12	2	2	2	1	7	6		8	83	1146	+7.8%	103	2	7	+40%	1	5	24	+26%	3	10404	24477	12
2020-03-17	1	3	1	4	3		1		1	1	6	35	5	5	1	3	1	6	13	16	13	119	1265	+10%	105	1	8	+14%	1	3	27	+13%	3
2020-03-18	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	1	1		8	58		17	1	3	1		10	3	28	145	1410	+11%	99	6	14	+75%	2	15	42	+56%	5
2020-03-19		2	1		2	1	2	1	1	1	2	66	5	5		2		1	14	9	28	143	1553	+10%	98	7	21	+50%	3	8	50	+19%	6
2020-03-20		5		5	5	3	3	1		5	5	84	4	1	2	5		2	23	5	22	180	1733	+12%	101	9	30	+43%	4	17	67	+34%	7
2020-03-21				4	3	16	4	1		3	5	71	6	2	1				8		12	136	1869	+7.8%	109	8	38	+27%	4	13	80	+19%	8
2020-03-22		5			1	9	1	1		4	3	59	11	5	1	1			4		13	118	1987	+6.3%	116	11	49	+29%	6	27	107	+34%	11
2020-03-23		9		3	4		2	3		5	7	99	2	8	2		2	3	9	6	18	182	2169	+9.2%	128	11	60	+22%	7	37	144	+35%	15	12349	36826	13
2020-03-24		9		5		4	5	1	2	6	5	105	14	11	3	3	2	4	10	11	30	230	2399	+11%	142	21	81	+35%	9	32	176	+22%	19
2020-03-25	3	13	1	7	7	2	7	2	1	5	13	154	37	15		4	2	3	19	8	11	314	2713	+13%	163	22	103	+27%	11	31	207	+18%	21
2020-03-26		8	4	5	9	7	9	6	2	3	7	132	16	12		3	3	5	20	6	29	286	2999	+11%	181	31	134	+30%	14	40	247	+19%	25
2020-03-27	2	15	1	9	3	3	15	5	4	4	9	176	26	20	1	2	2	11	18	6	33	365	3364	+12%	204	32	166	+24%	17	29	276	+12%	26
2020-03-28		6		12	6	8	10	1	2	4	2	147	8	7	3	5	2	3	25	8	41	300	3664	+8.9%	224	35	201	+21%	20	28	304	+10%	28
2020-03-29	4	10		11	2	2	8	1	4	2	3	149	4	11	1	1	9		15	3	40	280	3944	+7.6%	245	38	239	+19%	24	41	345	+13%	30
2020-03-30		9		10	5	2	15	3	1	5	5	172	60	21	1	7	6	23	27	17	27	416	4360	+11%	274	45	284	+19%	28	29	374	+8.4%	29	17783	54609	14
2020-03-31	1	23	1	14	7	1	17	2	5	6	7	209	49	15		8	13	10	29	11	47	475	4835	+11%	305	48	332	+17%	31	34	408	+9.1%	29
2020-04-01	5	19		30	4		13	5	1	5	8	205	49	25	2	5	2	11	29	5	63	486	5321	+10%	326	53	385	+16%	35	48	456	+12%	31
2020-04-02	3	6	1	17	9	4	32	5	7	8	8	216	34	28		12	1	18	47	28	70	554	5875	+10%	360	70	455	+18%	40	47	503	+10%	32
2020-04-03	1	20	1	16	12	2	29	2	2	6	24	245	59	38	1	17	3	27	48	20	28	601	6476	+10%	389	80	535	+18%	46	38	541	+7.6%	33
2020-04-04	4	18		12	2	2	15	1	2	3	12	129	17	11	1	17	6	14	30	3	58	357	6833	+5.5%	396	70	605	+13%	51	36	577	+6.7%	34
2020-04-05	1	7		7	3		12	3	2	2	6	172	27	9	1	8	2	7	30		41	340	7173	+5.0%	404	85	690	+14%	56	45	622	+7.8%	35
2020-04-06		16		12	10	4	10	6	3	10	6	131	18	31	2	4	4	18	53	12	39	389	7562	+5.4%	400	90	780	+13%	62	42	664	+6.8%	36	19880	74489	15
2020-04-07	1	28		16	13	6	23	4	14	17	24	243	42	37	7	13	10	46	64	73	57	738	8300	+9.8%	433	84	864	+11%	67	45	709	+6.8%	38
2020-04-08	2	28	1	17	9	8	18	2	7	12	15	271	33	29	1	12	5	23	68	37	56	654	8954	+7.9%	454	115	979	+13%	74	48	757	+6.8%	38
2020-04-09	1	30	1	18	12	8	21	1	5	5	11	240	38	29	4	12	4	25	116	10	54	645	9599	+7.2%	466	86	1065	+8.8%	76	36	793	+4.8%	36
2020-04-10	1	17		18	4	8	19	1	4	6	23	148	41	4	3	15	8	27	69	7	31	454	10053	+4.7%	447	90	1155	+8.5%	78	36	829	+4.5%	36
2020-04-11		9		10	2	2	5	3	10	2	6	200	22	15	2	2		33	32	13	27	395	10448	+3.9%	452	103	1258	+8.9%	82	45	874	+5.4%	37
2020-04-12	1	31		17	3	6	9	2	4	2	14	182	14	13	4		5	18	42	75	22	464	10912	+4.4%	467	97	1355	+7.7%	83	36	910	+4.1%	36
2020-04-13		12		11	3	6	5	6	3	17	9	200	20	13	3	5	6	18	48	21	31	437	11349	+4.0%	473	85	1440	+6.3%	83	43	953	+4.7%	36	20233	94722	16
2020-04-14	1	12		11	6	14	11	5	6	4	12	179	16	39	2	5	5	12	63	53	23	479	11828	+4.2%	441	91	1531	+6.3%	83	41	994	+4.3%	36
2020-04-15		28	2	17	6	15	28	2	12	3	19	215	42	32	3	14	5	30	70	30	31	604	12432	+5.1%	435	115	1646	+7.5%	83	32	1026	+3.2%	34
2020-04-16		25	1	21	15	12	23	4	10	13	17	221	47	37	7	3	3	31	84	30	19	623	13055	+5.0%	432	111	1757	+6.7%	87	33	1059	+3.2%	33
2020-04-17		26		24	9	19	36	5	12	15	21	221	64	44	3	19	5	27	77	32	29	688	13743	+5.3%	461	82	1839	+4.7%	86	39	1098	+3.7%	34
2020-04-18		27		29	7	9	35	2	21	1	17	180	8	18	3	3	2	18	48	52	52	532	14275	+3.9%	478	86	1925	+4.7%	83	29	1127	+2.6%	32
2020-04-19		8		8	6	6	15	4	11	2	5	192	13	17	4	7	8	29	31	6	16	388	14663	+2.7%	469	88	2013	+4.6%	82	33	1160	+2.9%	31
2020-04-20	1	10	1	4	10	1	8	6	9	8	9	211	13	32	7	4	2	28	50	23	24	461	15124	+3.1%	472	84	2097	+4.2%	82	28	1188	+2.4%	29	24560	119282	17
2020-04-21	4	35		22	17	13	49	11	14	3	7	163	53	32	7	5	12	38	123	64	35	707	15831	+4.7%	500	62	2159	+3.0%	79	34	1222	+2.9%	29
2020-04-22	6	33	3	22	19	17	31	11	13	5	20	288	50	32	5	9	4	19	79	27	29	722	16553	+4.6%	515	77	2236	+3.6%	74	49	1271	+4.0%	31
2020-04-23	2	41	2	13	18	8	46	11	25	15	22	291	26	41	3	12	17	26	72	38	29	758	17311	+4.6%	532	86	2322	+3.8%	71	27	1298	+2.1%	30
2020-04-24	7	29	1	19	17	10	24	1	2	8	38	227	53	55	4	12	16	36	147	41	33	780	18091	+4.5%	544	89	2411	+3.8%	72	46	1344	+3.5%	31
2020-04-25		45	2	23	2	13	19	1	21		12	138	8	12	5	6	5		94	37	30	473	18564	+2.6%	536	73	2484	+3.0%	70	28	1372	+2.1%	31
2020-04-26	1	5	3	6	5	1	5	2	4	2	23	110	8	8	2	11	11	24	46	17	6	300	18864	+1.6%	525	75	2559	+3.0%	68	26	1398	+1.9%	30
2020-04-27		8	4	11	18	6	23	7	7	10	34	213	10	35	8	4	11	24	99	18	13	563	19427	+3.0%	538	73	2632	+2.9%	67	28	1426	+2.0%	30	28802	148084	18
2020-04-28	3	35	4	16	10	11	18	5	21	1	33	240	57	52	17	3	4	21	83	74	34	742	20169	+3.8%	542	82	2714	+3.1%	69	32	1458	+2.2%	30
2020-04-29	6	52	7	21	10	18	43	11	14	7	37	247	34	22	14	18	11	24	149	34	19	798	20967	+4.0%	552	84	2798	+3.1%	70	25	1483	+1.7%	27
2020-04-30		14	3	21	8	20	28	7	12	9	30	215	23	43	9	5	19	14	94	44	17	635	21602	+3.0%	536	78	2876	+2.8%	69	33	1516	+2.2%	27
2020-05-01		2	1	21	2	7	23	7	15	7	12	141	55	13	13	2	9	20	123	34	25	532	22134	+2.5%	505	78	2954	+2.7%	68	15	1531	1.0%	23
2020-05-02	1	1	2	14	8	13	18	2	12	1	28	81	7	12	6	3	7	13	33	20	17	299	22433	+1.4%	484	73	3027	+2.5%	68	28	1559	+1.8%	23
2020-05-03		3	1	8	2	6	7	1	10	1	6	127	1	11	3		6	4	42	14	8	261	22694	+1.2%	479	75	3102	+2.5%	68	27	1586	+1.7%	24
2020-05-04		64	6	23	10	2	16	14	4	4	38	148	2	21	6	1	4	8	75	17	13	476	23170	+2.1%	468	84	3186	+2.7%	69	25	1611	+1.6%	23	29129	177213	19
2020-05-05	3	28		14	21	22	22	5	34	7	20	169	39	52	17	3	4	17	110	49	21	657	23827	+2.8%	457	72	3258	+2.3%	68	20	1631	+1.2%	22
2020-05-06	1	22		23	23	9	24	3	22	8	41	206	34	37	14	8	17	19	177	35	22	745	24572	+3.1%	451	73	3331	+2.2%	67	26	1657	+1.6%	22
2020-05-07	2	19	2	36	15	18	28	8	34	5	13	266	20	42	9	8	25	17	164	37	16	784	25356	+3.2%	469	80	3411	+2.4%	67	28	1685	+1.7%	21
2020-05-08	4	16	1	23	15	10	27	5	26	4	52	222	23	43	8	5	10	21	129	35	21	700	26056	+2.8%	490	60	3471	+1.8%	65	26	1711	+1.5%	23
2020-05-09	1	11	1	51	5	19	33	4	21		17	115	7	41	7	9	7		109	29	22	509	26565	+2.0%	517	69	3540	+2.0%	64	14	1725	+0.8%	21
2020-05-10		4		6	4		6	4	6	2	19	78	6	12	3	1	10	1	86	16	15	279	26844	+1.1%	519	74	3614	+2.1%	64	17	1742	1.0%	20
2020-05-11		3		12	10	14	11	6	6	11	21	210	1	19	3	1	4	32	54	27	10	455	27299	+1.7%	516	64	3678	+1.8%	62	15	1757	+0.9%	18	33003	210216	20
2020-05-12	4	18	2	27	13	13	29	6	28	3	34	234	33	30	15	10	19	10	150	46	30	754	28053	+2.8%	528	61	3739	+1.7%	60	16	1773	+0.9%	18
2020-05-13	3	21		30	7	15	34	1	31	12	30	236	14	27	6	7	15	27	133	30	19	698	28751	+2.5%	522	50	3789	+1.3%	57	19	1792	+1.1%	17
2020-05-14	2	15		40	13	30	14	5	18	6	39	148	11	37	14	14	14	31	151	24	31	657	29408	+2.3%	507	46	3835	+1.2%	53	15	1807	+0.8%	15
2020-05-15	6	10		30	22	15	35	7	23	2	42	184	19	37	8	14	25	14	154	26	15	688	30096	+2.3%	505	58	3893	+1.5%	53	21	1828	+1.2%	15
2020-05-16	2	1	1	24	8	7	21	3	16	3	21	64	5	24	7	3	18		97	20	13	358	30454	+1.2%	486	49	3942	+1.3%	50	18	1846	+1.0%	15
2020-05-17	1	17		7	4	8	24	2	7	1	11	59		6		3	3	2	89	3	12	259	30713	+0.9%	484	53	3995	+1.3%	48	20	1866	+1.1%	16
2020-05-18		9		15	19	15	5	7	8	3	23	150	6	31	8	6	7	36	40	11	31	430	31143	+1.4%	481	61	4056	+1.5%	47	23	1889	+1.2%	17	28986	239202	21
2020-05-19	6	2	1	34	14	9	41	2	27	2	63	177	20	35	15	14	38	22	105	22	17	666	31809	+2.1%	470	41	4097	+1.0%	45	13	1902	+0.7%	16
2020-05-20	23	31	2	25	42	18	32	3	20	7	44	174	24	53	16	4	27	21	162	54	26	808	32617	+2.5%	483	53	4150	+1.3%	45	14	1916	+0.7%	16
2020-05-21		17		25	10	22	28	1	18	6	23	120	6	17	20	9	16	25	168	38	41	610	33227	+1.9%	477	54	4204	+1.3%	46	13	1929	+0.7%	15
2020-05-22	10	5		23	8	8	12	11	13	3	44	144	15	27	2	7	21	11	146	10	12	532	33759	+1.6%	458	56	4260	+1.3%	46	15	1944	+0.8%	15
2020-05-23	2	13	1	22	6	23	27		18	1	27	78	2	19	19	6	24		84	8	23	403	34162	+1.2%	464	56	4316	+1.3%	47	16	1960	+0.8%	14
2020-05-24	3	7	1	8	2	2	17		11		9	59	1	13	3	3	10		27	29	5	210	34372	+0.6%	457	44	4360	+1.0%	46	17	1977	+0.9%	14
2020-05-25	3	3		18	8	2	24	16	8	9	29	160	21	30	2		3	28	107	11	9	491	34863	+1.4%	465	42	4402	+1.0%	43	28	2005	+1.4%	15	36466	275668	22
2020-05-26	12	18		22	21	15	35	17	12	7	51	197	18	48	23	2	41	35	119	28	25	746	35609	+2.1%	475	28	4430	+0.6%	42	14	2019	+0.7%	15
2020-05-27	19	16		30	34	18	45	14	32	10	37	206	23	35	27	14	33	40	106	31	30	800	36409	+2.2%	474	39	4469	+0.9%	40	15	2034	+0.7%
2020-05-28	11	16	2	27	27	17	38	18	20	6	49	278	19	39	26	3	23	22	102	31		774	37183	+2.1%	495	40	4509	+0.9%	38	19	2053	+0.9%	16
2020-05-29	10	10	1	30	17	11	28	4	11	21	46	210	7	41	30	6	29	19	223	18	1	773	37956	+2.1%	525	40	4549	+0.9%	36	13	2066	+0.6%	15
2020-05-30	6	15	8	26	11	24	36	1	12	3	34	73	2	38	16	8	2		117			432	38388	+1.1%	528	39	4588	+0.9%	34	19	2085	+0.9%	16
2020-05-31	7	5		12	7	7	18	3	10		8	67		14	2	2	4		99			265	38653	+0.7%	535	45	4633	+1.0%	34	14	2099	+0.7%	15
2020-06-01	3	7		9	22	2	11	10	6	21	27	160	16	31	6		30	53	91	51	92	648	39301	+1.7%	555	40	4673	+0.9%	34	20	2119	+1.0%	14	47080	322748	23
2020-06-02	18	23	5	46	31	11	35	5	18	9	71	153	20	62	21	8	16	35	264	18	32	901	40202	+2.3%	574	37	4710	+0.8%	35	15	2134	+0.7%	14
2020-06-03	18	14	1	31	11	11	41	9	12	15	39	234	15	50	14	5	30	33	409	24	30	1046	41248	+2.6%	605	26	4736	+0.6%	33	18	2152	+0.8%	15
2020-06-04	10	13	1	44	22	15	26	14	11	19	42	207	26	58	21	5	27	33	400	8	37	1039	42287	+2.5%	638	45	4781	+1.0%	34	16	2168	+0.7%	14
2020-06-05	10	20	1	43	23	13	42	14	20	16	37	227	17	37	12	5	24	19	478	46	42	1146	43433	+2.7%	685	38	4819	+0.8%	34	20	2188	+0.9%	15
2020-06-06	5	16	2	37	19	22	40	1	3	7	23	177	1	56	24	8	7		268	19	45	780	44213	+1.8%	728	31	4850	+0.6%	33	20	2208	+0.9%	15
2020-06-07	18	6		21	8	7	23	3	11		12	47	3	14	11	4	20		230	15	9	462	44675	+1.0%	753	33	4883	+0.7%	31	14	2222	+0.6%	15
2020-06-08	10	9		15	17	1	13	13	5	30	33	243	29	15	15	4	24	67	123	7	4	677	45352	+1.5%	756	38	4921	+0.8%	31	16	2238	+0.7%	15	60296	383044	24
2020-06-09	9	17	5	12	28	17	63	11	15	11	45	239	3	59	21	6	20	33	248	26	48	936	46288	+2.1%	761	33	4954	+0.7%	31	16	2254	+0.7%	15
2020-06-10	1	17	4	66	26	15	155	11	11	12	63	263	6	44	26	8	29	62	539	27	52	1437	47725	+3.1%	810	40	4994	+0.8%	32	9	2263	+0.4%	14
2020-06-11	26	9	5	52	29	11	131	10	13	12	55	207	8	40	20	5	13	69	491	36	51	1293	49018	+2.7%	841	36	5030	+0.7%	31	12	2275	+0.5%	13
2020-06-12	14	13	6	56	24	19	137	14	12	41	59	186	23	46	15	8	28	51	496	12	69	1329	50347	+2.7%	864	30	5060	+0.6%	30	12	2287	+0.5%	12
2020-06-13	12	6	1	44	24	5	121	9	15	32	40	165	53	38	14	6	3		385	14	45	1032	51379	+2.0%	896	33	5093	+0.7%	30	14	2301	+0.6%	12
2020-06-14	10	4		35	4	6	16	3	2	41	8	75	19	5	4	3	1		161	11	10	418	51797	+0.8%	890	27	5120	+0.5%	30	12	2313	+0.5%	11
2020-06-15	3	3	5	23	9	20	11	11	1	48	38	116	6	13	10	1	37	80	222	8	20	685	52482	+1.3%	891	31	5151	+0.6%	29	13	2326	+0.6%	11	61842	444886	25
2020-06-16	7	7		38	47	21	143	9	12	56	93	214	3	56	22	8	29	35	306	54	49	1209	53691	+2.3%	925	28	5179	+0.5%	28	9	2335	+0.4%	10
2020-06-17	13	6	5	41	25	23	206	14	4	66	98	361	25	62	12	6	28	71	310	19	62	1457	55148	+2.7%	928	33	5212	+0.6%	27	13	2348	+0.6%	11
2020-06-18	6	16	2	65	23	12	169	22	8	65	88	380	62	84	12	15	54	34	283	21	73	1494	56642	+2.7%	953	29	5241	+0.6%	26	13	2361	+0.6%	11
2020-06-19	5	20	1	30	9	10	224	11	5	19	65	371	5	33	16	10	1	48	245	10	71	1209	57851	+2.1%	938	29	5270	+0.6%	26	8	2369	+0.3%	10
2020-06-20	4	5	3	31	6	1	7	2	3	2	13	198		60	7	11	2		323	1	19	698	58549	+1.2%	896	29	5299	+0.6%	26	6	2375	+0.3%	9
2020-06-21		4	4	12	2	1	7	2	1		17	92		9	5		3		139	5	18	321	58870	+0.6%	884	21	5320	+0.4%	25	12	2387	+0.5%	9
2020-06-22		11	4	9	10	5	9	2		51	23	219	57	21	6	5	41	38	262	8	19	800	59670	+1.4%	899	21	5341	+0.5%	24	15	2402	+0.6%	10	75151	520037	26
2020-06-23	8	29	8	52	86	12	170	15	6	103	73	217	25	100	17	10	14	24	261	19	61	1310	60980	+2.2%	911	25	5366	+0.5%	23	7	2409	+0.3%	9
2020-06-24	5	30	3	136	17	8	229	7	2	55	86	284	41	92	27	15	47	81	447	8	78	1698	62678	+2.8%	941	22	5388	+0.4%	22	6	2415	+0.3%	8
2020-06-25	6	29	1	86	24	9	159	13	6	63	52	228	8	71	17	12	17	40	354	27	57	1279	63957	+2.0%	914	24	5412	+0.5%	21	10	2425	+0.4%	8
2020-06-26	3	34	10	84	70	12	110	19	5	67	54	225	40	52	14	11	29	28	284	16	37	1204	65161	+1.9%	914	11	5423	+0.2%	19	5	2430	+0.2%	8
2020-06-27	3	31	1	2	32	5	100	7	2	2	17	248		50	11	4	9		176	6	49	755	65916	+1.2%	921	14	5437	+0.2%	17	5	2435	+0.2%	8
2020-06-28	2	3		5	1	3	10	1	4		5	191	1	15	1	4			151	4	14	415	66331	+0.6%	933	22	5459	+0.4%	17	8	2443	+0.3%	7
2020-06-29		3	2	27	54	8	7	6		53	28	239	23	6	13		49	43	137	3	26	727	67058	+1.1%	924	18	5477	+0.3%	17	4	2447	+0.2%	6	79811	599848	27
2020-06-30	3	33	2	7	52	4	90	20	3	4	25	170	17	68	7	8	17	21	200	14	38	803	67861	+1.2%	860	21	5498	+0.4%	17	5	2452	+0.2%	5
2020-07-01	2	32		56	3	2	91	22	2	7	17	172	2	44	4	8	30	29	105	8	48	684	68545	+1.0%	733	17	5515	+0.3%	16	6	2458	+0.2%	5
2020-07-02	3	46		7	36	10	48	26	4	14	27	169	21	22	14	7	7	24	163	19	20	687	69232	+1.0%	659	15	5530	+0.3%	15	10	2468	+0.4%	5
2020-07-03	8	25		69	17	11	53	9	1	30	27	176	8	26	6	5	36	34	135	6	12	694	69926	+1.0%	596	8	5538	+0.1%	14	3	2471	+0.1%	5
2020-07-04		14	2	13	1		48	2			2	96		18	1	3	17		105	16	26	364	70290	+0.5%	547	15	5553	+0.3%	15	1	2472	+0.0%	5
2020-07-05		25	7	49		2	2			2	1	108				3	6	27	69		14	315	70605	+0.5%	534	9	5562	+0.2%	13	5	2477	+0.2%	4
2020-07-06	2	2	3	19		1	2	8	2	38	28	53	9	2	4		26	25	17	7	3	251	70856	+0.4%	475	16	5578	+0.3%	13	2	2479	+0.1%	4	81801	681649	28
2020-07-07	3	9		13	28	2	49	5		10	9	46	12	11	3	6	6	11	38	7	10	278	71134	+0.4%	409	12	5590	+0.2%	12	2	2481	+0.1%	4
2020-07-08	2	22	4	51	6	2	42	9	5	14	27	123	18	16	7	1	26	19	115	11	13	533	71667	+0.8%	390	11	5601	+0.2%	11	1	2482	+0.0%	3
2020-07-09	3	13	3	25	4	8	26	4	3	13	27	85	13	7	2		5	14	63	6	10	334	72001	+0.5%	346	15	5616	+0.3%	11	2	2484	+0.1%	2
2020-07-10		6	1	33	14	6	31	5	4	22	29	73	10	15	4	3	27	15	49	11	11	369	72370	+0.5%	306	14	5630	+0.3%	12	2	2486	+0.1%	2
2020-07-11	1	5	1	86	3	2	24	2	4	4	3	73	5	9		3	9		63	3	8	308	72678	+0.4%	299	10	5640	+0.2%	11	2	2488	+0.1%	2
2020-07-12			2	6	1		3	1	1		1	28		1			19	16	20	2	5	106	72784	+0.2%	272	9	5649	+0.2%	11	3	2491	+0.1%	2
2020-07-13	2	12	1	21	4	4	3	1	1	3	31	31	1	2	2		1	13	23	7	7	170	72954	+0.2%	262	14	5663	+0.3%	11	3	2494	+0.1%	2	69393	751042	29
2020-07-14	2	11	1	8	5	3	22	1	5	13	15	88	23	19	1	5	21	15	44	2	8	312	73266	+0.4%	267	8	5671	+0.1%	10	2	2496	+0.1%	2
2020-07-15	1	1		20	8	2	31	3	4	8	35	64		13	1	1	9	8	58	9	11	287	73553	+0.4%	236	6	5677	+0.1%	10	0	2496	+0.0%	2
2020-07-16	2	9	7	10	5	7	9	5	1	11	30	86	4	16	2	4	6	7	35	5	7	268	73821	+0.4%	228	7	5684	+0.1%	9	4	2500	+0.2%	2
2020-07-17		5	4	10	12	3	16	2	8	10	36	78	3	8	2	8	12	3	56	2	6	284	74105	+0.4%	217	7	5691	+0.1%	8	3	2503	+0.1%	2
2020-07-18	1	9	5	15			15	1	7		5	30	11	2		5	4		69	3	9	191	74296	+0.3%	202	11	5702	+0.2%	8	0	2503	+0.0%	2
2020-07-19		5	1	6	1	2	9	1	1		2	18	3		1	1	17	4	35		3	110	74406	+0.2%	203	8	5710	+0.1%	8	2	2505	+0.1%	2
2020-07-20		1		1	8	4	2	5		8	35	23			1		14	7	14	2	6	131	74537	+0.2%	198	7	5717	+0.1%	7	4	2509	+0.2%	2	59143	810185	30
2020-07-21		11	4	13	7	3	19	6	2	7	26	78		5	1	2	2	4	30	2	4	226	74763	+0.3%	187	7	5724	+0.1%	7	5	2514	+0.2%	2
2020-07-22	1	4	7	11	5		18	2	6	5	34	69	14	7	3	1	9	10	86	3	2	297	75060	+0.4%	188	6	5730	+0.1%	7	1	2515	+0.0%	2
2020-07-23		4	2	23	4	2	6		8	6	19	56		4	1	1	14	4	58	7	1	220	75280	+0.3%	182	5	5735	+0.1%	6	1	2516	+0.0%	2
2020-07-24	1	8	4	9	5	6	9	2	2	8	24	60	4	2	2	3	15	5	84	4	5	262	75542	+0.4%	180	3	5738	+0.1%	6	1	2517	+0.0%	2
2020-07-25	1	2	2	7	1	3	6	2	1	5	2	21		2	6	1	5	5	56	4	6	138	75680	+0.2%	173	1	5739	+0.0%	5	0	2517	+0.0%	2
2020-07-26			5		1	1					1	21		2	1				8		2	42	75722	+0.1%	165	2	5741	+0.0%	4	1	2518	+0.0%	2
2020-07-27	1	1		1	7		1	1		1	28	9	1	1				3	10	3	3	71	75793	+0.1%	157	6	5747	+0.1%	4	0	2518	+0.0%	1	52959	863144	31
2020-07-28	4	3		4	6	5	15	1	4	10	8	78	3	6		4	11	5	101	10	5	283	76076	+0.4%	164	6	5753	+0.1%	4	1	2519	+0.0%	1
2020-07-29	1	3	8	5	15	1	11	5	8	6	44	46	1	10	3		3	12	111		8	301	76377	+0.4%	165	2	5755	+0.0%	3	2	2521	+0.1%	1
2020-07-30	2	4	11	3	16	4	14	4	4	4	32	49	2	8	3	2	13	4	108	7	8	302	76679	+0.4%	175	0	5755	+0.0%	3	0	2521	+0.0%	1
2020-07-31	2	11	1	4	14		10	4	8	3	38	43		13	2	1	8	9	66	17	4	258	76937	+0.3%	174	3	5758	+0.1%	3	1	2522	+0.0%	1
2020-08-01	1	4		5	1		9	1	2		1	64	2		5	11	2	6	177	3	9	303	77240	+0.4%	195	3	5761	+0.1%	3	3	2525	+0.1%	1
2020-08-02		1	1		1		3		2	1	4	6		2	1				10		6	38	77278	+0.0%	195	2	5763	+0.0%	3	4	2529	+0.2%	1
2020-08-03	1				14	12	2	2	2	4	40	22		5	2		2	7	19	6	25	165	77443	+0.2%	206	4	5767	+0.1%	3	1	2530	+0.0%	2	53721	916865	32
2020-08-04	9	8	5	4	7	1	21		7	7	10	92	2	14		3	7	14	108	8	6	333	77776	+0.4%	213	2	5769	+0.0%	2	1	2531	+0.0%	2
2020-08-05	2	15	12	2	30	2	16	3	5	2	54	59		8	15		11	4	163	7	15	425	78201	+0.6%	228	3	5772	+0.1%	2	3	2534	+0.1%	2
2020-08-06	7	9	2	9	19	4	12	1	20	3	26	67	3	5	12	1	7	7	138	15	11	378	78579	+0.5%	238	4	5776	+0.1%	3	2	2536	+0.1%	2
2020-08-07	9	4	5	1	25		15	4	17	8	46	49	3	19	13	4	4	5	134	7	8	380	78959	+0.5%	253	3	5779	+0.1%	3	2	2538	+0.1%	2
2020-08-08	4	6		19	2		9	2	10		7	51	4	1	13		9	2	102	8	11	260	79219	+0.3%	247	1	5780	+0.0%	2	5	2543	+0.2%	2
2020-08-09	1	6	10		2		6	2	1		1	24			2				6		12	73	79292	+0.1%	252	4	5784	+0.1%	3	2	2545	+0.1%	2
2020-08-10	7	4	2		21	4		2	11	4	46	37		4	2		1	10	29	3	9	196	79488	+0.3%	256	2	5786	+0.0%	2	1	2546	+0.0%	2	56627	973492	33
2020-08-11	11	5	3	14	33	1	19	1	21	5	34	102	6	6	3	11	2	8	108	14	10	417	79905	+0.5%	266	4	5790	+0.1%	3	3	2549	+0.1%	2
2020-08-12	10	6	3	10	11	2	13	9	24	4	68	81	4	13	13	5	6	6	140	10	6	444	80349	+0.6%	269	3	5793	+0.1%	3	2	2551	+0.1%	2
2020-08-13	9	10	4	8	12		11	7	10	3	46	55	1	12	11	10	8	4	128	5	9	363	80712	+0.5%	267	6	5799	+0.1%	3	4	2555	+0.2%	2
2020-08-14	4	8	4	10	12	6	9	3	16	5	40	81	1	7	5	13		8	86	8	18	344	81056	+0.4%	262	2	5801	+0.0%	3	0	2555	+0.0%	2
2020-08-15	4	2	6	3	1	3	15	2	5	3	11	55	4	9	11	3	4	5	57	4	19	226	81282	+0.3%	258	1	5802	+0.0%	3	2	2557	+0.1%	2
2020-08-16	1	1			1	2	1	2	3		3	5			1				32	1	10	63	81345	+0.1%	257	0	5802	+0.0%	2	1	2558	+0.0%	2
2020-08-17	1	5	1	5	12		2	3	3	1	75	35	1	4	1		1	3	6	8	7	174	81519	+0.2%	254	3	5805	+0.1%	2	1	2559	+0.0%	2	65546	1039038	34
2020-08-18	2	8	2	3	39		18	12	7	4	46	71	4	10	2	8	1	6	58	5	8	314	81833	+0.4%	241	5	5810	+0.1%	3	1	2560	+0.0%	1
2020-08-19	11	7	1	4	4		11	2	10	1	53	73	1	15	5		14	14	105	12	8	351	82184	+0.4%	229	1	5811	+0.0%	2	2	2562	+0.1%	1
2020-08-20	3	5	1	8	10	2	14	8	14		55	65	2	5	6	2	2	4	112	4	11	333	82517	+0.4%	226	2	5813	+0.0%	2	1	2563	+0.0%	1
2020-08-21	3	9	2	5	29		8	9	3	1	63	59		7	5	4	7	6	67	3	8	298	82815	+0.4%	220	5	5818	+0.1%	2	0	2563	+0.0%	1
2020-08-22	2	4		8	2		7	5	7		5	49	1	22	8		2	3	27		8	160	82975	+0.2%	212	1	5819	+0.0%	2	1	2564	+0.0%	1
2020-08-23		4	1	1	3		2	2	2		2	1		1					22		16	57	83032	+0.1%	211	3	5822	+0.1%	3	1	2565	+0.0%	1
2020-08-24		5			21			2		2	90	30			1			2	13	3	5	174	83206	+0.2%	211	1	5823	+0.0%	2	3	2568	+0.1%	1	85060	1124098	35
2020-08-25	2	10		3	20		5	2	15	1	48	49		10	1	5	1	6	32	5	8	223	83429	+0.3%	200	1	5824	+0.0%	2	1	2569	+0.0%	1
2020-08-26	4	8		16	16	2	5	8	7		53	47	3	6	7	2	5	5	40	2	8	244	83673	+0.3%	186	2	5826	+0.0%	2	1	2570	+0.0%	1
2020-08-27	1	11	3	1	10	1	5	1	4	6	49	35	1	6	1	1	1	5	54	3	3	202	83875	+0.2%	170	1	5827	+0.0%	2	1	2571	+0.0%	1
2020-08-28	6	7		4	1	1	11	3	13	1	40	39	4	7		3	2	2	31		4	179	84054	+0.2%	155	1	5828	+0.0%	1	0	2571	+0.0%	1
2020-08-29	2	11		1	4	7	6	8	4		4	26	2	6	2	2		1	45			131	84185	+0.1%	151	1	5829	+0.0%	1	0	2571	+0.0%	1
2020-08-30		4		3	4	1					3	14					1		18			48	84233	+0.1%	150	3	5832	+0.1%	1	1	2572	+0.0%	1
2020-08-31		6		1	28	1	1	1	1		66	20		2	1			4	11		19	162	84395	+0.12%	149	2	5834	+0.0%	1	0	2572	+0.0%	1	126219	1250317	36
2020-09-01	1	13		2	19	1	9		7	2	8	31		7	5	1		6	27	30	3	172	84567	+0.2%	142	3	5837	+0.1%	2	1	2573	+0.0%	1
2020-09-02		13		9	6		14	2	8	2	41	38		5	3			1	53	14	4	213	84780	+0.3%	138	3	5840	+0.1%	2	2	2575	+0.1%	1
2020-09-03		10		7	27	15	13	2	8		34	59	1	11	1	4	3	9	55	16	11	286	85066	+0.3%	149	2	5842	+0.0%	2	3	2578	+0.1%	1
2020-09-04	1	6	1	2	8		23	2	6	1	43	53		4	4	1	2	7	75	14	9	262	85328	+0.3%	159	0	5842	+0.0%	2	0	2578	+0.0%	1
2020-09-05		5		3	3	5	17	2	8		6	42	1	5	8	1	1	5	39	9	11	171	85499	+0.2%	164	0	5842	+0.0%	2	1	2579	+0.0%	1
2020-09-06	1	3			2		1				1	11			5				35	3	5	67	85566	+0.1%	167	2	5844	+0.0%	2	0	2579	+0.0%	1
2020-09-07		4		9	16	1	3	1	5		62	11		5	1	3	1	13	34	9	7	185	85751	+0.2%	170	1	5845	+0.0%	1	0	2579	+0.0%	1			37
2020-09-08	3	11		7	16	2	20	2	13	3	17	39	6	14	9	5	1	11	33	11	16	239	85990	+0.3%	178	1	5846	+0.0%	1	1	2580	+0.0%	1
2020-09-09	1	16	1	8	18	5	37	1	14		48	44	2	12	3	1	4	5	66	15	13	314	86304	+0.34%	191	0	5846	+0.0%	1	0	2580	+0.0%	1
2020-09-10		15	2	3	9		13	1	11		46	50	3	5	2		3	7	66	9	12	257	86561	+0.3%	187	1	5847	+0.%	1	0	2580	+0.0%	0
2020-09-11		9			14	1	30	2	10	3	44	65	3	22	2	6	2	3	57	8	11	292	86853	+0.3%	191	0	5847	+0.0%	1	1	2581	+0.0%	0
2020-09-12		16		7	1		28		5			78	2	16	1	8		2	20	15	7	206	87059	+0.2%	195	0	5847	+0.0%	1	4	2585	+0.2%	1
2020-09-13		8		8	5		1	1	2	1	2	18	1	1	2		5	8	29	9	5	106	87165	+0.1%	200	0	5847	+0.0%	0	1	2586	+0.0%	1
2020-09-14	1	13	1	3	13					3	84	15	3	3	1		1	19	16	2	2	180	87345	+0.2%	199	0	5847 (+4)	+0.0%	0	0	2586	+0.0%	1			38
County																						Total cases				Total deaths				Total ICU admissions				Total analysed samples
Total cases	624	2365	324	3285	2356	1222	5224	911	1548	1685	5366	23739	2460	3919	1241	905	1881	2854	19514	2860	3954	87,345 (863 per 100k pop)				5,851 (57.8 per 100k pop)				2586 (25.6 per 100K pop)				1,250,317 (12,354 per 100k pop)
Cases per 100k	391	821	543	1143	706	934	1437	371	768	674	389	999	827	1021	439	333	767	1035	1131	938	849
Total deaths	17	174	6	167	83	64	181	64	116	88	276	2400	254	243	73	31	136	183	860	172	277
Deaths per 100k	11	60	10	58	25	49	50	26	58	35	20	101	85	63	26	11	55	66	50	56	60									Currently in ICU-care for COVID-19: 17
Total ICU-care	9	67	7	72	40	20	96	31	25	60	121	931	133	158	33	34	51	55	456	84	108
	Notes
																						Distribution
																						Confirmed cases				Deaths				ICU admissions				Category
																						Amount			Percent	Amount		Percent	Rate	Amount		Percent	Rate
																						37595			43%	3198		55%	8.5%	1884		73%	5.0%	Male		Sex
																						49743			57%	2653		45%	5.3%	702		27%	1.4%	Female
																						7			0.0%	0		0%	0%	0		0%	0%	Unspecified
																						656			0.8%	1		0.0%	0.2%	8		0.3%	1.2%	0-9		Age
																						4225			4.8%	0		0%	0%	18		0.7%	0.4%	10-19
																						14279			16%	10		0.2%	0.1%	95		3.7%	0.7%	20-29
																						13473			15%	17		0.3%	0.1%	119		4.6%	0.9%	30-39
																						14253			16%	45		0.8%	0.3%	288		11%	2.0%	40-49
																						15285			17%	163		2.8%	1.1%	659		25%	4.3%	50-59
																						8734			10.0%	405		6.9%	4.6%	772		30%	8.8%	60-69
																						6083			7.0%	1261		22%	21%	513		20%	8.4%	70-79
																						6717			7.7%	2427		41%	36%	110		4.3%	1.6%	80-89
																						3620			4.1%	1522		26%	42%	4		0.2%	0.1%	90+
																						20			0.0%	0		0%	0%	0		0%	0%	Unspecified

Cumulative number of confirmed cases per 100 000 inhabitants in the counties of Sweden over time. (Number of deaths per 100 000 in parenthesis.) The list of counties is sorted in descending order by the most recent value of the curves. Sörmland and Stockholm County showed the highest number of cases in relation to their population on April 25, while Bleking showed the lowest level, and was about 5 weeks after the Stockholm Country in development. Logarithmic vertical axis. Data sources: Public Health Agency of Sweden, SCB.

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
• Healthcare in Sweden
• Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

External links

• Emergency Information from Swedish Authorities: Official information on the novel corona Virus from The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency – Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap.
• Information om Coronavirus covid-19 from The Public Health Agency of Sweden – Folkhälsomyndigheten (In Swedish).
• FAQ about COVID-19 on The Public Health Agency of Sweden – Folkhälsomyndigheten.
• Covid-19 – coronavirus from Vårdguiden 1177 (In Swedish).