{"id":207890,"date":"2020-05-27T06:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=207890"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:29:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T06:29:30","slug":"lockdown-free-swedens-coronavirus-death-toll-tops-4000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=207890","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown-free Sweden’s coronavirus death toll tops 4,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

But fatality rate of 399 per million remains lower than UK\u2019s 542 per million<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chris Pleasance \u2013 Daily Mail May 26, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Sweden has registered more than 4,000 coronavirus<\/strong><\/a><\/span> deaths after shunning lockdown in favour of more relaxed social distancing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The country reported a total of 33,843 cases on Monday and 4,029 deaths, with a death rate that now stands at 399 per million inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is far in excess of other Nordic nations such as Norway with 47 per million, Denmark on 97 and Finland on 55.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it is still better than Europe’s worst-hit nations which did go into full lockdown, including Britain and Italy, both at 542 per million, and Spain at 615.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sweden’s coronavirus death toll stood at 4,029 on Monday after a rise of 31 fatalities in a day<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sweden has also reported a total of 33,843 cases after a daily rise of 384 (pictured, a graph showing daily case totals) – putting it well ahead of other Nordic countries<\/p><\/div>\n

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has defended his approach, saying the economic costs of lockdown were not worth the health benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweden has still suffered a major economic setback – with GDP forecast to shrink by 7 per cent this year, marking its worst recession since 1940.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, that is markedly better than the Bank of England’s prediction for the UK which is a 14 per cent contraction in GDP this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

That would mean the country suffering its deepest recession since 1706.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweden has kept schools open for those aged under 16 throughout the pandemic, along with cafes, bars, restaurants and retail businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of staying at home, people were asked to respect social distance and increase their personal hygiene such as hand-washing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Tegnell has admitted mistakes were made in Sweden’s approach, including not providing enough protection to care homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ninety per cent of Sweden’s virus deaths have occurred in the over-70s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sweden has taken a much more relaxed approach to Coronavirus and in the process limited its economic impact. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

But he has defended his decision not to go into lockdown, and cautioned against running comparisons of country’s death and case data.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘In Sweden, anybody who has the diagnosis of COVID-19 and dies within 30 days after that is called a COVID-19 case, irrespective of the actual cause of death,’ he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘And we know that in many other countries there are other ways of counting that are used.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Tegnell has repeatedly insisted that stricter measures would not have saved more Swedish lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three-quarters of those who have died have been either in nursing homes or receiving at-home care.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tegnell noted that a ban on visits to nursing homes was introduced in mid-March, but said elderly residents needed regular contact with their carers – who were believed to have spread the virus around many nursing homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I’m really not sure that we could have done so much more,’ he said in a weekend interview with Swedish Radio, acknowledging nonetheless that the country had ended up in a ‘terrible situation that highlights the weaknesses of our elderly care.’<\/span><\/p>\n

He said care homes had initially failed to respect basic hygiene rules that could have curbed the spread of the disease, but said the situation had since improved.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Board of Health and Welfare meanwhile insisted Sweden’s nursing homes were functioning well.<\/span><\/p>\n

It noted that a total of 11,000 nursing home residents died in January-April this year, compared with 10,000 during the same period a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

And Tegnell told reporters Monday that the overall situation in Sweden ‘was getting better,’ with a declining number of people being admitted to intensive care units, a drop in the number of cases being reported in nursing homes, and fewer deaths in nursing homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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