In several countries, the reporting of deaths in covid-19 is mainly based on deaths that occurred in hospitals, Ekot's survey shows. Those who die in housing for the elderly - probably several thousand people - are often not included in the statistics.
The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain are among the countries that do not expect deaths in the elderly, unlike Sweden.
- It gives a misleading picture. It is believed that half of the mortality in covid-19 will be on that type of accommodation. If you don't report it, I think it feels like you're underreporting, says Johan von Schreeb in SVT's Morning Studio.
In Stockholm, it turned out that a third of the deaths last week came from elderly residents, Ekot. And in Belgium, which stands out with twice as many deaths per capita as the Netherlands, almost half of the deaths come from elderly housing.
"Like driving a boat backwards"This makes it difficult to compare death rates between different countries.
"You might think it's easy to compare straight away, but you really have to take it with a pinch of salt," says Johan von Schreeb.
He also does not think that the figure of how many people have died is a good measure of how a country should act to stop the infection of the corona virus.
- Controlling a country after the death toll is like driving a boat backwards. It's something that happened three weeks ago when you got infected, so trying to control it, it's completely wrong.