Sweden’s coronavirus consensus cracks as deaths top 5,000

Sweden on Wednesday passed the grim mark of 5,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, as cracks began to emerge in the political consensus the government has until now enjoyed over its softer approach.The Public Health Agency said it had recorded 5,041 Covid-19 deaths, giving it the world’s fifth-highest death rate at 499.1 per million inhabitants.Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, a Social Democrat, insisted in a weekend televised interview that hospitalisations were down sharply and Sweden’s…

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