Sweden is ahead of all countries of the world in the number of new deaths due to mers during the week from 23 to 29 may. It is reported by The Daily Mail, the data is confirmed by the statistics on the portal of Our World in Data.
For the period average number of deaths per million population in Sweden made up 5.59. This figure is higher than in any other country and 11 times higher than the world average, which is equal to 0.49. After Sweden Brazil (4,51), San Marino (4,21), Peru (4,12) and the UK (3,78).
According to the Institute Johns Hopkins, in Sweden recorded 36.4 per thousand cases of infection with the new coronavirus type; 4.4 thousand deaths and 5 thousand of recovered patients. The authorities decided to abandon the strict quarantine measures, so as not to harm the country’s economy, but, according to some forecasts, the economic result may be the same as in other countries.
In the world of coronavirus has infected more than 5.9 million people. The epidemic has claimed the lives of more than 361 thousand people, managed to recover more than 2.4 million patients.
