Tegnell: "A small tendency for minor deaths"

29 new deaths have been reported since Saturday, and 563 new cases of covid-19 have been confirmed. 1,079 people are intensive care or have been intensive care for the coronavirus.

- There is a small tendency for a reduced number of deaths, while there is a small tendency for a reduced number of hospitalized intensive care units, says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell to SVT News.

At the same time, Tegnell does not want to say that we are in a position where the curve goes down, but points out that it is starting to stabilize.

- No, if it goes down we will see next week. So far it is at the same level as this week.

Tegnell also says that the stabilization is especially noticeable in the regions that have been most severely affected by the corona virus.

- The clearest difference is seen in those parts of the country where there have been many cases. In Stockholm, Dalarna and Östergötland you can really see a difference, where things have even started to decline in some regions.

Is there any region in the wrong direction with large increases?

- It is moving a bit in Western Gothenburg but not at such levels that you can say that there is a lot going on violently.

When it comes to elderly care, which has accounted for a large part of the number of infected and dead, they also begin to see a stabilization there.

- It follows roughly the same curves. It decreases slightly but is still about the same proportion of all cases. The death toll, which is declining somewhat in other sectors, does not appear to be declining as much in elderly care. But they are always far behind, so that is another reason not to look too much at the death toll because they do not reflect what is happening in the near future, says Tegnell.

As usual, Anders Tegnell emphasizes that one should not attach too much importance to how many daily deaths are reported - but mean that one should look at the cut for the past few days.

But even though the numbers are not 100 percent accurate, Tegnell doesn't think it can get much better than this.

- No. I do not think that you can get more secure figures than deaths. This is very fast reporting compared to many other countries, I think. It is difficult to get to death very quickly.