The sixth wave of covid in Spain lowers the accumulated incidence for the second day, although with more than 150,000 cases. The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, asks for caution, but indicates that the peak of this wave of the coronavirus may be reaching
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, chairs, by videoconference, the meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, this Wednesday in Madrid. EFE/Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo
Second day of decline in the cumulative incidence of covid in Spain
“We are going to assess the situation in the coming days and wait for the decline to consolidate. It seems that we are reaching the peak of the sixth wave or we are close. Stabilization and decrease in incidence is observed in all age groups”, Carolina Darias has assessed, at a press conference, after the Interterritorial Health Council.
Despite the high incidences of the sixth wave, the minister has followed, seven times above other waves, the possibility of hospitalization has been eight times lower, between 10 and 15 times less the possibility of entering the ICU, and of dying , 20 times less.
With many more cases, hospital occupancy has been the same or below that of a year ago, in the third wave of the coronavirus, added Darias, who has placed the omicron variant as dominant, between 70 and 90 percent, depending on the autonomous communities.
“Today is the second day in the change in trend in the evolution of the virus, a change to consolidate,” he completed.
The data
Cumulative incidence and cases
The cumulative incidence, number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants, come back down today, 20 points, and stands at 3,286.44 (yesterday 3,306.52).
However, although the accumulated incidence has decreased, the number of infections in one day registered today is much higher than yesterday. Today 157,941 compared to 94,472 yesterday. The total number of infected since the pandemic began rises to 8,676,916.
The community with the highest incidence is Aragón, but with a decreasing trend (5,711), and displaces Navarra (5,705) from first place, also in decline. The region with the lowest incidence, and also on the decline, is Andalusia (1,323).
By age groups, at the head of the incidence are those between 30 and 39 years old (4,067) and those less, people between 70 and 79 years old (1,538).
Hospitalizations and ICUs
In hospitals today there are 19,000 patients with covid (15.2%), compared to 18,918 yesterday, 82 more.
In the ucis, this Wednesday there are 2,230 (23.5%), compared to 2,243 yesterday, 13 less.
Also today less and higher incomes are observed. 2,483 people have been admitted and 2,513 have been discharged.
Positivity by PCR remains with the same data: 39.3 percent.
Deceased
The people who have died from covid in the last 24 hours are 160 (yesterday, 284), completing an official total since the pandemic broke out of 91,437.
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