Anders Tegnell

Data on the number of those infected in the country are increasingly encouraging, local media reported, adding that the most controversial figure - Swedish chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell - said that according to current estimates by health experts, it was planned to continue to ease some measures.

Swedes are rapidly losing faith in their country's response to the pandemic, with even the King delivering a rare rebuke to those in charge.

The Nordic country, whose leisurely approach to fighting the pandemic has attracted the attention of the whole world, has registered 17.265 new cases of coronavirus since Friday, its health agency announced on Tuesday, according to "Blic".