The National Board of Health and Welfare has updated the guidelines during the pandemic regarding visits to nursing homes. People who are symptom-free and have antibodies against covid-19 may visit nursing homes, the National Board of Health and Welfare states at today's press conference.

- We primarily recommend that you receive visits outdoors and then you do not need to have as strict motives for the visit. It can be to reduce the negative effects of loneliness, for example, says Katrin Westlund.

The National Board of Health and Welfare states that it is the business' responsibility to ensure that the test result is reliable.

- It is important to have a reliable test as a basis for this assessment. It must not be older than six months old, she says.

Fewer are cared for in IVA

The number of people cared for in the country's intensive care units is also decreasing, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare. Today, 367 people are cared for at iva, of which 85 are cared for covid-19. Since the corona virus took off, 2,484 people have been cared for in intensive care units in the country.

- What is also in the right direction is that in five of the country's regins, no one with covid-19 is cared for in the intensive care unit. In 14 of our 25 regions, 14 or fewer patients are cared for in the intensive care unit, says Taha Alexandersson at the National Board of Health and Welfare.

"Avoid new contacts"

Nine new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours and in Sweden a total of 5,545 people have now died of the coronavirus, the Public Health Agency states at Tuesday's press conference.

In the last 24 hours, 175 new cases of the disease have been confirmed and a total of 76,001 cases of the coronavirus in Sweden have been reported.

Karin Tegmark Wisell states that morbidity is still far too high in the country and that everyone must help bring down the last thing in order not to get a new peak of infection.

- There is still a great susceptibility to the infection in the population. The most important thing is that those with symptoms stay at home and that they over 70 years avoid close contacts, says Karin Tegmark Wisell.