The Scandinavian nation — which was subject to international scrutiny last year when it declined to lockdown — is now recording 85.4 cases per million people, according to Oxford University research site Our World in Data.
By comparison, the rate is almost 1,400 per million in Europe's current Covid capital Austria, which today declared it is going back into a full lockdown from Monday.
Sweden's infection rate is considerably lower than other Western European nations like the Netherlands (1,048.7), Britain (581), Germany (536), and France (201).
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And for the first time in the pandemic, Sweden is registering fewer cases per population than its Scandinavian neighbors Denmark (655), Norway (351), and Finland (150).
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Though doubters say, Sweden has been "in the dark" over the actual extent of its coronavirus wave because the double-vaccinated, equivalent to nearly seven in ten people, are not being routinely swabbed.
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Last week, Sweden broke ranks with its European neighbors once again and told Swedes they did not have to get tested if they were jabbed entirely, even if they had symptoms. Covid swabbing rates fell 35 percent last week compared to the preceding month.
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Though, this week the policy was reversed in response to increasing cases on the continent. A fresh wave of Delta is flowing across the continent and placing pressure on hospitals once again, which has forced most in the EU to bring back some form of curbs.
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The latest figures reveal that Sweden is only carrying out 1.26 tests per 1,000 people, which is likewise the lowest number in western Europe.
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Boris Johnson warned this week that Europe's waves could spill onto Britain's shores, though virologists explain that the continent is behind the UK, which witnessed a rise in cases over the summer.
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Sweden paused free Covid tests for the vaccinated last week but will restart the scheme from November 22.
Back then, its health agency claimed the resources for testing could be better used elsewhere and that there was no need to test those who are entirely vaccinated because they have a low risk of getting sick and are less prone to spread the disease.
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It is currently carrying out only 1.26 tests per 1,000 people, the lowest number in western Europe. For comparison, the UK is carrying out 12 times more swabs, Austria 47 times more, and France almost four times more.
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Swedes have complained that Covid tests are inconvenient because — unlike in Britain — they ask people to submit their bank ID and speak to clinicians who choose whether they should be vaccinated.
The Scandinavian nation became an international outlier last year when it defied scientific advice and declined to follow the rest of the world in shutting down society to check the virus' spread.
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