Swedish king and queen have COVID-19 amid surge in cases

FILE PHOTO: Sweden's King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia arrive with Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel to attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden December 10, 2021. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday, amid rising infections in the Nordic nation driven by the new Omicron variant of the virus.

Sweden set a new daily record for COVID-19 cases, the most recent data from the health agency showed on Tuesday, registering 11,507 cases on Dec. 30.