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Mass vaccination of Sweden's general population is expected to start later this month Image caption: Mass vaccination of Sweden's general population is expected to start later this month

More than one in 10 Swedes have now tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic; in other words, one million out of the country’s small population of ten million.

However, many epidemiologists believe the true figure is likely to be much higher, since testing rates were low during the first wave, and Sweden doesn’t have a national test-and-trace app.

The country has been struggling to contain its third wave of coronavirus infections, and currently has one of the highest rates of infection in the EU, with 675 cases per 100,000 residents.

However, Sweden’s Public Health Agency says it is starting to detect a downward trend in cases.

The agency’s head, Johan Carlsson, told a news conference earlier that he expects case numbers to return to low levels in July and August, as long as vaccination rates continue and Swedes follow ongoing social distancing recommendations.

So far, only those over 60 or in risk groups have been vaccinated, with mass vaccination of the general population expected to start later this month.