On Monday, just over 290 were treated with confirmed covid-19 at IVA in Sweden - which is a decrease of 24 percent in the past week.
In Östergötland, IVA numbers are also declining, albeit slowly - on Tuesday, 14 patients required IVA care in Östergötland.
- What we see in Östergötland is that we were one of the first to enter the pandemic and we also seem to be one of the last out.
I think we are later than many of the other regions, says Jessica Frisk to SVT Nyheter Öst.
In the Swedish Intensive Care Register's statistics, one can clearly see a reduction in the need for IVA care nationally.
Photo: Swedish Intensive Care Register
One million Swedes were vaccinated
During the day came the news that over a million Swedes are now fully vaccinated.
In Östergötland alone, the number is 60,878 - but despite that, there are new patients who need hospital care for covid-19 at the county's hospital.
- Among the oldest population who have had time to get both syringes, we definitely see a decrease, but there are still individuals who become ill after syringe one and in some cases even after syringe two.
But we clearly see a positive effect of the vaccination.
Reasonably, given the vaccination rate, we should succeed in pushing this down, says Jessica Frisk.
Hear her tell more in the clip.