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Old Sep 9, 2020, 4:13 am
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fransknorge
 
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Originally Posted by RedChili
Sweden's infection rate is continuing its steep decline. Week 36 saw 126,000 people being tested, with only 1.2% positive tests.

Also, the number of people in intensive care in Sweden is now back to normal levels.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/i...te-tio-dagarna



Could you tell me where you got the information that Sweden reports per samples and not per person?

In the above article, Johan Carlson said, "Under vecka 36 hade vi närmare 126 000 testade, och av dem var ändå bara 1,2 procent positiva." "Testade" means people that were tested. If he would've been talking about samples, he would've used the word "tester."
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing#sweden



Source #2: Sweden Public Health Agency
Short description: The number of samples tested.

Latest estimate: 1.78 daily tests per thousand people (as of 6 September 2020).

Detailed description:

Since July 2020, the Public Health Agency has replaced its previous weekly updates of the number of people tested with the weekly count of samples tested. This data does not allow us to publish any cumulative total, since no data is available on how many samples had been tested prior to the first week of reporting. However, we integrate this data into our “daily tests” time series by dividing each weekly total by 7, thereby estimating the average daily number of samples tested.
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