Sweden heading into third wave of pandemic, COVID czar warns Sweden appeared headed into a third wave of the pandemic, the Health Agency said on Tuesday, as it tightened crowd restrictions for shops amid a recent rise in new COVID-19 cases and a rapid spread of virus variants considered more infectious. Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, registered 11,804 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday, a increase on the 10,933 cases reported during the corresponding period last week.Reuters | Updated: 02-03-2021 19:59 IST | Created: 02-03-2021 19:56 IST Representative Image Image Credit: ANI Sweden appeared headed into a third wave of the pandemic, the Health Agency said on Tuesday, as it tightened crowd restrictions for shops amid a recent rise in new COVID-19 cases and a rapid spread of virus variants considered more infectious.