Västra Götaland also reported the highest number of PCR tests taken in a single week during the pandemic, 130,554 tests. Many in the region have experienced delays in booking tests and receiving results, meaning that there are probably even more infections than reported, the region said in a press statement.

Across the country, almost 140,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported since last Thursday. Last week, the Public Health Agency altered testing recommendations for regions, meaning that many regions no longer offer free PCR testing for the public. This has led many individuals to take at-home antigen tests, which are not registered in official figures.

In Stockholm region, 22 percent of school teachers were absent last week due to illness or quarantine, and five schools are closed, with more to come, newspaper DN reports.

So far this year, the city have introduced distance learning at 28 of the city’s 146 schools due to high absence or infection.

“Currently, it’s above all about staff absence. Until now we’ve only needed distance learning partly in some schools, in certain classes or year groups, and the decisions to do so only last a few days,” Teddy Söderberg, one of Stockholm’s primary school heads told DN.

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