Sweden has highest new Covid cases per person in Europe
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5GH22)
Figure of 625 new infections per 1m people is many times larger than Nordic neighbours
Sweden has reported Europe's highest number of new coronavirus cases per head over the past week and has more patients in intensive care than at any time since the pandemic's first wave.
The Scandinavian country, which has opted against strict lockdowns but gradually ratcheted up its still mostly voluntary restrictions, has recorded 625 new infections per million people in the past seven days, according to ourworldindata.org.
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