Corona incidence: Sweden with the highest number of new infections in the EU

Sweden has taken the sad peak in the number of new infections in the European Corona comparison. As emerged from the figures from the EU health authority ECDC, which were updated on Thursday, the Scandinavian country with its highly regarded special route had a 14-day incidence of 577 per 100,000 inhabitants in the most recent comparison period.

This is the highest value of all countries in the European Economic Area, which includes the 27 EU states as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Close behind are Lithuania (563), Cyprus (522) and the Netherlands (483). Germany is in the list with a value of almost 208 in the middle. The island states Iceland (18) and Malta (25) as well as Portugal (48) and Finland (53) have the lowest numbers.

Published: May 20, 2021, 19 minutes ago

Last updated: May 20, 2021, 17 minutes ago