For every confirmed infected person in Stockholm, 1,000 undetected cases go, the Public Health Agency reported at today's press conference. But now they backed away from it. "It was completely wrong (or mad or crazy in Swedish)", says Lisa Brouwer, head of the unit for analysis at the Public Health Authority, to freelance journalist Emanuel Karlsten.
At the daily press conference with the Public Health Authority, Deputy State Epidemiologist Anders Wallensten presented new mathematical modeling of the spread of infection in Stockholm.
He pressed three findings. Firstly, that the peak for new cases occurred on April 15. Secondly, on May 1, one-third of the capital's residents are believed to be infected. Finally, he stressed that "there is about one confirmed case of covid-19 for a total of 1,000 cases".
The figure created some question marks when just over 6,000 people were confirmed infected in Stockholm and in that case it means six million are unknowingly infected if you read the presentation literally.
"It's not true, it's a hurriedly produced powerpoint that unfortunately does not match", says analysis manager at the Public Health Authority to freelance journalist Emanuel Karlsten.
She cannot explain how to interpret those statistics.
"Yes, I have to refer that question to the mathematician who has done this, because I am not the right person to explain," she says.