This Tuesday, 34,380 coronavirus infections have been reported, one of the lowest figures since mid-December when the omicron variant was already beginning to increase the number of positives. The number of deaths remains high, 310 more since yesterday, and hospital pressure continues to decline.
Several people wait their turn at the WiZink Center to get vaccinated without an appointment. EFE/Miguel Osés
The sixth wave has been the one with the highest number of infections since December. On Thursday, January 13, the daily record for positives was reached, 179,125.
It did not drop below 35,000 daily since Friday, December 17, when more than 33,000 were reported and from then on the rise of the wave was more evident due to the effect of the omicron variant
Since the start of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health has recorded 10,707,286 coronavirus infections in Spain.
The positivity rate of diagnostic tests continues to drop to 26.85% (27.66 yesterday).
The incidence: More than 100 points down
The cumulative incidence 14 days later it falls 102 points from yesterday to 1,142 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Most regions are in the decline phase and between 1,000 and 2,000 cases per 100,000. Those with the highest incidence are Galicia (1,790); Murcia (1,669); Valencia (1,605) and Cantabria (1,602).
At the other extreme, below 1,000, Andalusia stands out with 511 cases; Canary Islands with 544; Melilla with 776; Madrid with 835 cases, Castilla-La Mancha with 859 and Ceuta with 906, according to data released this Tuesday by the Ministry of Health.
For age bracketsthe incidence falls in all groups and for the first time in weeks that of those under 11 years of age, whose incidence has skyrocketed in this sixth wave as they are not yet largely vaccinated, is placed behind those between 12 and 19 years with an incidence of 1,604 versus 1,676.
Deaths: 310 more
On the other hand, deaths continue to show high figures in part due to the delay of some communities in providing the data.
Yesterday the highest number of deaths was recorded after a weekend of this sixth wave, 601. And this Tuesday there are 301 more deaths.
The total number of deaths from this pandemic since records are available is 96,906 (9,989 in the sixth wave that began on October 14) and the lethality is 0.9%.
Lower blood pressure in hospitals
The ICUs are at 15.6% bed occupancy with 1,459 patients, 63 fewer since yesterday.
Above the very high risk of occupation (25%) are still the critical units of Catalonia (30.2%) and Aragon (26.2%).
In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 11,438 covid patients (9.2% occupancy), 732 fewer patients than yesterday.
Hospital discharges (1,632) exceed admissions (1,027).
vaccinations
In total there are 38,385,465 citizens, 91% of the population over 12 years of age, with the full schedule of the covid vaccine.
In addition, 23.3 million people have already received the booster dose, 78.3% of those over 40 years of age, 38.2% of those between 30 and 39 years of age and 27.5% of those between 20 and 29. years.
56.4% of children aged 5 to 11 years (1.8 million out of 3.2 million) have received the first dose of the vaccine since the campaign began on December 15 and the first are already being inoculated with the second doses after the 8-week interval.
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