The Swedish per capita death rate was 58.6 per 100,000 people last week, reports Time Magazine. The country’s average daily number of cases rose 173 percent from early September to early October.
Cities like Stockholm and Uppsala recorded high growth.
During the northern summer after Sweden pursued his controversial no lockdown policyThe number of cases fell dramatically. Despite criticism from some experts and neighboring countries, there has been speculation that the population is close to herd immunity.
But the cooler autumn months and the mass return of people to work have seen that number spike in recent weeks.
According to the Washington Post, Sweden’s cumulative death toll from infections is ten times higher than in neighboring Norway and Finland and five times higher than in Denmark.
Health officials responded with local restrictions this week.
The measures, which came into effect on MondayGive local health authorities the power to instruct citizens to avoid shopping malls, museums, libraries, swimming pools, gyms, sports training, sports games and concerts, the Telegraph reports.
But unlike most other nations, ignoring the advice does not result in fines for the people.
Instead, the emphasis was on personal responsibility, with most bars, schools, restaurants and salons remaining open.
Meanwhile, other nations across Europe have seen an explosion in the number of cases.
Spain hits a million cases
Spain became the first country in Western Europe to record more than a million confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the nation of 47 million people struggled to contain a virus resurgence.
The Ministry of Health said the accumulated case load since the pandemic began reached 1,005,295, after 16,973 more cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
The ministry attributes 34,366 deaths to COVID-19.
Experts say that, like most countries, the real number of infections and deaths from inadequate testing, asymptomatic cases, and other issues preventing authorities from grasping the true extent of the outbreak is likely to be much higher.
It is the sixth country to have a million cases after the US, India, Brazil, Russia and Argentina.
The UK region is moving to the strictest lockdown level
The Northern England region in South Yorkshire will be locked at level three from Saturday, the BBC reports.
This means that 7.3 million people in England will live under the strictest health rules.
As part of the measures, pubs and bars that are not serving essential meals will have to close and there are further restrictions on household mixing.
Ireland implements the Melbourne-style 5km rule
The Irish government has announced that the country is moving to its strictest lockdown regime.
According to the rules, people can only exercise within 3 miles of their home and many non-essential stores and hairdressers have to close.
The measures are supposed to take six weeks, but will be reviewed after four weeks.
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