Sweden has had the highest number of coronavirus deaths per-capita of any country in the world over the past seven days. The high death rate comes as the Nordic country continues to buck the trend and resist a mandatory lockdown.
Data compiled by the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control shows that Sweden had 6.08 deaths per-million inhabitants per-day on a rolling seven day average from May 13 to Wednesday.
The figures put it above the UK (5.57), Belgium (4.28), the US (4.11) in terms of per-capita mortality rates. It should be noted that countries tend to suffer the peak of the virus at different times, meaning multiple countries have been at the top of the deaths-per-capita table. Do you have a coronavirus story to share?