Sweden sees record number of coronavirus infections for second day in a row - 812 - after warning it may CLOSE bars and restaurants if people keep ignoring social distancing

Daily Mail ^ | 04/24/2020

[Responsibility2nd]

Sweden reports record number of new coronavirus infections for the second day in a row, 812; 4.8 percent rise on the previous day

•The country also saw an additional 131 new deaths, leaping from 84 on Thursday

•Major Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet declared ‘the corona curve is going in the wrong direction’

•New figures as country to close bars and restaurants that do not follow social distancing recommendations

•This, as top disease expert Anders Tegnell said it was 'hard to understand' how a lockdown would have stopped virus reaching care homes where visits are already banned

•'Let me be extremely clear. I don't want to see any crowded outdoor restaurants in Stockholm' - Interior Minister Mikael Damberg

•The state epidemiologist said Sweden had passed the peak around a week ago

•As many as 20 per cent of people in Stockholm may be immune, he suggested

•Sweden has to date recorded 17,567 cases of coronavirus and 2,152 deaths

•Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

[FreeReign]

I don't think 20% of the population of ANY country has had Covid-19.

21% of NYC has had COVID-19 according to the latest antibodies numbers.

[exDemMom]

Or 21% of NYC has had the common cold. I am not convinced that the antibody tests are able to distinguish between coronaviruses.