- The trend is of course worrying.
It actualizes that we can not relax, this is not over.
There is a risk that the spread of infection will pick up speed and that we will have more serious cases of disease, if we do not all help each other and follow the Swedish Public Health Agency's recommendations.
This will not be less important now that the ban on visiting special homes is lifted, says infection control doctor Christian Blomkvist.
The increase is not huge, but it still shows a trend break compared to previous weeks.
Week 38, the proportion of positive tests was 3 percent, in recent days the proportion of positive tests has been 5.5 percent.
- It seems to be about small local collections of five to ten cases, connected to, for example, sports clubs, schools, private events and workplaces, including education. The same trend exists in several other regions in Sweden, says Christian Blomkvist.