Is Stockholm close to herd immunity?

Daily Mail: Lockdown-free Stockholm 'could achieve herd immunity in May': Claim by Swedish ambassador as she reveals 30% of the city's population already have immunity.

Sweden, whose softer approach to combating coronavirus has gained attention across the world, could have achieved herd immunity in its capital Stockholm by May, the country's ambassador to the US has claimed.

Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter told the US's National Public Radio (NPR) that 'about 30 per cent of people in Stockholm have reached a level of immunity.' 

Sweden has now reported 18,926 coronavirus cases, with 2,274 deaths.

On Monday, 286 new cases and 80 deaths were announced, down from 463 cases yesterday, although there were just two deaths on Sunday. 

Ms Olofsdotter added: 'We could reach herd immunity in the capital as early as next month.'
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Sweden's national board of health looked at 1,700 cause of death certificates to get a better idea of deaths related to Covid-19.

Their statistics show that 90 per cent of those who died were over 70 and half were over 86, with just one per cent under 50.

Most of those who died had one or more risk factors, including: high blood pressure (79.6 per cent of cases); cardiovascular disease (48.5 per cent of cases); diabetes (29 per cent of cases); lung disease (14.6 per cent).

However, as many as 14.4 per cent of those who died did not have any of the above risk factors.

The Swedish approach has received criticism both domestically and internationally as its death toll has leapt much higher than its Nordic neighbours, which have all instituted more restrictive containment measures.

Norway did not report any cases on Monday, while Denmark reported 123, with five new deaths. 

Sweden's top disease expert, Anders Tegnell, is the expert who has led the country's herd immunity approach.

Earlier this month, he told the Mail On Sunday that he believed Britain's lockdown had gone too far.