More than 100 people infected with the new coronavirus died in 24 hours in Sweden, according to the count published Tuesday at 2 p.m. (local time) by the public health agency.
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This country of 10.3 million inhabitants, which has adopted more flexible measures to contain the progression of the virus, now counts 7693 cases of infection and deplores 591 deaths, a mortality significantly higher than that observed among its northern neighbors. . However, the agency notes, of the 114 new deaths recorded on Tuesday, part comes from revised figures for the past few days.