The coronavirus is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that reached Sweden on 31 January 2020 due to the pandemic .
The ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) , a new infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ) , was confirmed to have reached Sweden on 31 January 2020 , when a woman returning from Wuhan tested positive .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sweden