Chart description: The chart tracks two primary surges in covid cases in Sweden, peaking in April 2020 and then December 2021. Between the peaks, case numbers dropped significantly, and were near zero during the late summer months. The second surge was lower than the first, averaging approximately a third lower than what the earlier April surge had.

Chart data: Month Number of new cases Mar 05, 2020 1 Mar 06, 2020 1 Mar 07, 2020 1 Mar 08, 2020 0 Mar 09, 2020 2 Mar 10, 2020 1 Mar 11, 2020 0 Mar 12, 2020 2 Mar 13, 2020 6 Mar 14, 2020 5 Mar 15, 2020 5 Mar 16, 2020 3 Mar 17, 2020 15 Mar 18, 2020 8 Mar 19, 2020 17 Mar 20, 2020 13 Mar 21, 2020 27 Mar 22, 2020 37 Mar 23, 2020 32 Mar 24, 2020 31 Mar 25, 2020 40 Mar 26, 2020 29 Mar 27, 2020 28 Mar 28, 2020 41 Mar 29, 2020 29 Mar 30, 2020 34 Mar 31, 2020 48 Apr 01, 2020 47 Apr 02, 2020 39 Apr 03, 2020 36 Apr 04, 2020 44 Apr 05, 2020 44 Apr 06, 2020 45 Apr 07, 2020 47 Apr 08, 2020 36 Apr 09, 2020 36 Apr 10, 2020 45 Apr 11, 2020 36 Apr 12, 2020 43 Apr 13, 2020 41 Apr 14, 2020 32 Apr 15, 2020 33 Apr 16, 2020 39 Apr 17, 2020 29 Apr 18, 2020 33 Apr 19, 2020 28 Apr 20, 2020 34 Apr 21, 2020 49 Apr 22, 2020 27 Apr 23, 2020 46 Apr 24, 2020 28 Apr 25, 2020 26 Apr 26, 2020 28 Apr 27, 2020 32 Apr 28, 2020 25 Apr 29, 2020 33 Apr 30, 2020 15 May 01, 2020 28 May 02, 2020 27 May 03, 2020 25 May 04, 2020 20 May 05, 2020 26 May 06, 2020 28 May 07, 2020 26 May 08, 2020 14 May 09, 2020 17 May 10, 2020 15 May 11, 2020 16 May 12, 2020 19 May 13, 2020 15 May 14, 2020 21 May 15, 2020 18 May 16, 2020 20 May 17, 2020 23 May 18, 2020 13 May 19, 2020 14 May 20, 2020 13 May 21, 2020 15 May 22, 2020 16 May 23, 2020 17 May 24, 2020 28 May 25, 2020 14 May 26, 2020 15 May 27, 2020 19 May 28, 2020 13 May 29, 2020 19 May 30, 2020 14 May 31, 2020 20 Jun 01, 2020 15 Jun 02, 2020 18 Jun 03, 2020 16 Jun 04, 2020 20 Jun 05, 2020 20 Jun 06, 2020 14 Jun 07, 2020 16 Jun 08, 2020 16 Jun 09, 2020 9 Jun 10, 2020 12 Jun 11, 2020 12 Jun 12, 2020 14 Jun 13, 2020 12 Jun 14, 2020 13 Jun 15, 2020 9 Jun 16, 2020 13 Jun 17, 2020 13 Jun 18, 2020 8 Jun 19, 2020 6 Jun 20, 2020 12 Jun 21, 2020 15 Jun 22, 2020 7 Jun 23, 2020 6 Jun 24, 2020 10 Jun 25, 2020 5 Jun 26, 2020 5 Jun 27, 2020 8 Jun 28, 2020 4 Jun 29, 2020 5 Jun 30, 2020 6 Jul 01, 2020 10 Jul 02, 2020 3 Jul 03, 2020 1 Jul 04, 2020 5 Jul 05, 2020 2 Jul 06, 2020 2 Jul 07, 2020 1 Jul 08, 2020 2 Jul 09, 2020 2 Jul 10, 2020 2 Jul 11, 2020 3 Jul 12, 2020 3 Jul 13, 2020 2 Jul 14, 2020 0 Jul 15, 2020 4 Jul 16, 2020 3 Jul 17, 2020 0 Jul 18, 2020 2 Jul 19, 2020 3 Jul 20, 2020 5 Jul 21, 2020 1 Jul 22, 2020 1 Jul 23, 2020 1 Jul 24, 2020 0 Jul 25, 2020 1 Jul 26, 2020 1 Jul 27, 2020 0 Jul 28, 2020 2 Jul 29, 2020 0 Jul 30, 2020 1 Jul 31, 2020 3 Aug 01, 2020 4 Aug 02, 2020 1 Aug 03, 2020 1 Aug 04, 2020 3 Aug 05, 2020 2 Aug 06, 2020 2 Aug 07, 2020 5 Aug 08, 2020 2 Aug 09, 2020 1 Aug 10, 2020 3 Aug 11, 2020 2 Aug 12, 2020 4 Aug 13, 2020 0 Aug 14, 2020 2 Aug 15, 2020 1 Aug 16, 2020 1 Aug 17, 2020 2 Aug 18, 2020 2 Aug 19, 2020 1 Aug 20, 2020 0 Aug 21, 2020 1 Aug 22, 2020 1 Aug 23, 2020 3 Aug 24, 2020 1 Aug 25, 2020 1 Aug 26, 2020 1 Aug 27, 2020 0 Aug 28, 2020 0 Aug 29, 2020 1 Aug 30, 2020 0 Aug 31, 2020 1 Sep 01, 2020 3 Sep 02, 2020 3 Sep 03, 2020 0 Sep 04, 2020 1 Sep 05, 2020 0 Sep 06, 2020 0 Sep 07, 2020 0 Sep 08, 2020 1 Sep 09, 2020 0 Sep 10, 2020 2 Sep 11, 2020 4 Sep 12, 2020 1 Sep 13, 2020 1 Sep 14, 2020 2 Sep 15, 2020 1 Sep 16, 2020 0 Sep 17, 2020 1 Sep 18, 2020 2 Sep 19, 2020 0 Sep 20, 2020 0 Sep 21, 2020 2 Sep 22, 2020 3 Sep 23, 2020 2 Sep 24, 2020 1 Sep 25, 2020 0 Sep 26, 2020 0 Sep 27, 2020 3 Sep 28, 2020 0 Sep 29, 2020 4 Sep 30, 2020 3 Oct 01, 2020 0 Oct 02, 2020 3 Oct 03, 2020 1 Oct 04, 2020 5 Oct 05, 2020 2 Oct 06, 2020 3 Oct 07, 2020 3 Oct 08, 2020 3 Oct 09, 2020 5 Oct 10, 2020 1 Oct 11, 2020 3 Oct 12, 2020 3 Oct 13, 2020 4 Oct 14, 2020 1 Oct 15, 2020 2 Oct 16, 2020 1 Oct 17, 2020 5 Oct 18, 2020 4 Oct 19, 2020 2 Oct 20, 2020 4 Oct 21, 2020 9 Oct 22, 2020 7 Oct 23, 2020 4 Oct 24, 2020 7 Oct 25, 2020 5 Oct 26, 2020 10 Oct 27, 2020 12 Oct 28, 2020 6 Oct 29, 2020 10 Oct 30, 2020 7 Oct 31, 2020 9 Nov 01, 2020 20 Nov 02, 2020 14 Nov 03, 2020 13 Nov 04, 2020 13 Nov 05, 2020 17 Nov 06, 2020 16 Nov 07, 2020 16 Nov 08, 2020 12 Nov 09, 2020 9 Nov 10, 2020 18 Nov 11, 2020 13 Nov 12, 2020 30 Nov 13, 2020 21 Nov 14, 2020 18 Nov 15, 2020 22 Nov 16, 2020 24 Nov 17, 2020 20 Nov 18, 2020 22 Nov 19, 2020 16 Nov 20, 2020 19 Nov 21, 2020 29 Nov 22, 2020 24 Nov 23, 2020 29 Nov 24, 2020 24 Nov 25, 2020 28 Nov 26, 2020 15 Nov 27, 2020 22 Nov 28, 2020 27 Nov 29, 2020 22 Nov 30, 2020 20 Dec 01, 2020 41 Dec 02, 2020 23 Dec 03, 2020 18 Dec 04, 2020 18 Dec 05, 2020 25 Dec 06, 2020 27 Dec 07, 2020 20 Dec 08, 2020 22 Dec 09, 2020 32 Dec 10, 2020 25 Dec 11, 2020 17 Dec 12, 2020 22 Dec 13, 2020 28 Dec 14, 2020 32 Dec 15, 2020 24 Dec 16, 2020 27 Dec 17, 2020 29 Dec 18, 2020 22 Dec 19, 2020 24 Dec 20, 2020 29 Dec 21, 2020 34 Dec 22, 2020 21 Dec 23, 2020 18 Dec 24, 2020 28 Dec 25, 2020 34 Dec 26, 2020 32 Dec 27, 2020 35 Dec 28, 2020 39 Dec 29, 2020 27 Dec 30, 2020 29 Dec 31, 2020 31 Jan 01, 2021 16 Jan 02, 2021 31 Jan 03, 2021 20 Jan 04, 2021 19 Jan 05, 2021 8

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