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A woman gets a rapid Covid-19 test at a drop-in test centre in Malmö. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
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Summary:
As of April 1st, 13,498 people have been confirmed as having died after testing positive for the coronavirus in Sweden (up from13,465 on March 31st). The increase is not all from the past 24 hours, due to a delay in how the regions report their data. Sweden updates its data Tuesday-Friday at 2pm, but will not give an update on Good Friday, April 2nd.