COVID-19 deaths in Sweden top 4,000 - Public Health Agency

FILE PHOTO: A sign assures people that a pub is open during the coronavirus outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Colm Fulton/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The death toll from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Sweden has topped 4,000, statistics published by the Public Health Agency showed on Monday.

The data published on the agency's website showed that deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, had risen to 4,029 from 3,998 a day earlier while the number of confirmed cases amounted to 33,843 up from 33,459.