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Note: lowest _new_ covid-19 cases. They're more like the middle of the pack, even above average, in _total_ cases per capita.
by rossdavidh 5y ago
Note: lowest _new_ covid-19 cases. They're more like the middle of the pack, even above average, in _total_ cases per capita.
- gus_massa 5y agoI agree that focusing in the number of cases today is a bad idea. Anyway, since the middle of May 2021 they are below the average of Europe https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=SWE~Europe https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... Edit: I just notice my link is for confirmed death, and you say confirmed cases https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=SWE~Europe https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... Sweden is still above the average of Europe. The problem is that I only look at the death number. It's too difficult to compare the number of cases, because there is a lot of asymptomatic cases, and very mild symptom cases and the detection depends how much each country is testing. Death are more difficult to hide.
- agd 5y agoYes. You need to look at testing rates, and positive rates to have a meaningful comparison.
- mistrial9 5y agowhere is the mention of false positives with low quality commercial testing here ?
- phillipseamore 5y agoAny positive non-PCR test in the Nordic countries would be confirmed with a new PCR test before reaching the official statistics.