Originally Posted by life on mars
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ke-2022-01-13/
STOCKHOLM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Sweden hit a new daily record for COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with figures likely to continue to increase rapidly over the next couple of weeks before peaking at the end of January, the country's health agency said on Thursday.
The number of new cases hit 25,215 on Thursday amid a surge in the Omicron variant and the Public Health Agency warned that figure could more than double by the end of the month in a worst-case scenario.
Sweden recently tightened its restrictions and has urged people to work from home in an effort to minimise the spread of the virus.
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said Sweden was experiencing the same rapid increase in infections as many other countries.
"These increases are probably going to continue for a while yet. That means that we already... have a high level of pressure on the health and welfare system," he told a news conference.
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