Sweden, which never went into a full COVID-19 lockdown, continues to report falling numbers of new infections and deaths, while several other European countries that imposed widescale restrictions are seeking spikes in cases and, in some cases, deaths.
Sweden’s daily COVID-19 death and infection rates have been slowing gradually since their respective April and June peaks. New daily cases have continued to decline from their seven-day moving average peak of 1,134 on June 24, to 228 on Aug. 2, according to the latest tally by Worldometers, while daily deaths have dropped from their seven-day average peak of 99 on April 16 to a range of between one and two since July 28.
