Sweden passes 10,000 virus deaths

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Sweden said it has passed 10,000 deaths associated with Covid-19, as it reported a record number of 351 deaths in a day.

According to AFP, the latest tally of deaths reported by the country's Public Health agency brings the total to 10,185 deaths related to Covid-19 in the country of some 10.3 million inhabitants.

The daily deaths reported have not necessarily occurred in the last 24 hours and are often several days old.

The agency said it had registered another 6,580 cases of Covid-19 bringing the total to 518,783 since the start of the pandemic.

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