46 more coronadøde in Sweden - statsepidemiolog will open the borders

Sweden records the Thursday 46 coronadødsfald. A total of 4266 died with the virus in Sweden.

It appears by a statement from the Folkhälsomyndigheten - the Swedish equivalent of the Danish national board of Health in Denmark.

the Number of confirmed smittetilfælde ago smitteudbruddets the start is in Sweden reached 35.727.

the Number of dead with Covid-19 in Sweden is currently seven times as high as in Denmark. The swedes have a much greater extent kept the society open.

Statsepidemiolog Anders Tegnell, Swedish response to Søren Brostrøm, said Thursday at the TV2, that he believes that the border between Sweden and Denmark should be opened.

Opens the Denmark border to the neighbors hinsidan, it will not get the number of infected to rise, he says.

- I don't think it will have the big effect. It will probably have the effect that the Danish population will be happier, and it will be for the benefit of the economy.

- But I have a hard time to see that it will make much difference to the spread of infection, he says to TV2.

Also, the Swedish foreign minister, Ann Linde from the social democrats, calls on Denmark to completely open the border to Sweden.

2032 persons receive or have received intensive treatment on the grounds of the Covid-19.

- today there are 335 seriously ill hospitalized patients with Covid-19, says Johanna Sandwall, which is kriseberedskabschef in the Socialstyrelsen in Stockholm, according to news agency TT.

A growing proportion of deaths among coronasmittede happens among nursing home residents or older who have received care in their home, showing the official figures from the health.

Over 90 percent of all coronasmittede, who died in Sweden, 70 years of age or older, statistics show.

Prime minister Stefan Löfven said Thursday that he is frustrated that there are no more, as tested.

- It seems as though there is a bad connection between the state and the regions, says Löfven at the Swedish Radio.