Thread by @DavidSteadson

3 254 new #coronasweden cases announced today, taking Tuesday's total to 2416 and yesterday to 2820. The last data data is nearly always updated next day by approximately 25%, so we've almost certainly blown way past 3000 new cases in one day.

7 new deaths also registered, bringing the total to 5934. Despite nearly 200 deaths being removed through "adjustments" in recent weeks, this is a new high.

Oldest change +1 to October 10. Number of deaths with an unregistered data is now up to 9.

Swedish Palliative Care registry reports 122 Covid deaths for October, compared to FHMs total of 72. That's an increase of *14* since Tuesday.

Number in ICU also continuing to increase. Updates here tend to lag a couple of days, so is likely now over 60.

While figures are hard to confirm, this is about a quarter of Sweden's total pre-covid ICU capacity

The focus remains however solely on protecting health care and allowing the spread through society. While continuing to deny it, the Swedish Strategy remains #herdimmunity

4 regions are now effectively in lockdown, including Stockholm, where the advice now includes avoiding all contact with people outside your family and where possible avoid all indoor environments.

Businesses, which for 7 months now have had obligatory advice to allow all workers to work from home if possible, have been given new obligatory advice to allow all workers to work from home if possible, just more.

(this really is absurd!)

Last week Uppsala issued lockdown recommendations (again, obligatory) that everyone should avoid all close contact outside of the family. Tegnell shortly after undermined this and said visits to hairdressers and meeting with close friends was fine.

Let's see what he says today.

Masks still don't work in Sweden. Something to do with the air. Or something. 🤷‍♂️

These new restrictions will help slow the spread.

They will not help enough.

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