• The number of seriously ill coronavirus patients is overall decreasing in Västerbotten, but two new deaths were also announced today.

• Mass testing has revealed the infection's presence in 12 nursing homes in the region, and that health care personnel are particularly likely to test positive.

• The region said that by June, it will decide which health care workers can take a summer holiday.

• A man has been arrested for suspected arson in the burning of an apartment last night in Ersboda.

• Norrlandsoperan's opera and program manager, actor and mezzosoprano Malin Gjörup, has died suddenly at age 56.

• Umeå is asking cyclists to give their opinions about bicycling in the city, and has put out videos clarifying that bikes get priority over cars at road crossings.