Sweden records 22,319 new cases of coronavirus and 174 deaths since Friday

Today, Tuesday, the data of the authority responsible for health in Sweden, which its unconventional strategy for combating the pandemic has put in the global spotlight, showed that it had recorded 22,319 new cases of coronavirus since Friday..

Sweden had recorded fewer cases of 20139 cases in the same period a week ago, and the country recorded 174 new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,167..

Sweden’s death rate relative to the population is several times higher than its northern European neighbors, but it is lower than many European countries that have chosen to apply general isolation measures.