STOCKHOLM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- COVID-19 cases have increased 70 percent in one week in Sweden, sparking the country to impose more restrictions in more regions, Swedish Television (SVT) on Tuesday quoted Anders Tegnell, a state epidemiologist, as saying at a press conference of the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
Tegnell said that the current upward trend in coronavirus infections in Sweden is evident, and that was also partly due to the fact that testing has been stepped up. "It is partly due to increased sampling, but there is definitely an increased spread of infections in parts of the society," he said.