More than 95,000 covid deaths in Spain in full decline of the sixth wave

The epidemiological indicators of the sixth wave of the pandemic in Spain are in the declining phase, although this Wednesday 282 more deaths were reported, totaling 95,213 since records of this health crisis were available. The incidence of cases drops another 200 points since yesterday and hospitals lighten their occupation.

More than 95,000 deaths from covid in Spain with 282 more in full decline of the sixth wave


Two people in the waiting room of a hospital in Murcia. EFE/Marcial Guillen/File

After 335 deaths were reported on Monday and 361 on Tuesday, today there are 282, although it may be that, in many cases, they are deaths reported late.

With a death date of the last seven days, there are 812 deaths and the fatality rate stands at 0.9%.

The incidence: drop of 200 points

The 14-day cumulative incidence of coronavirus continues to decline at a good pace, down 200 points from yesterday to 1,692 cases per 100,000 (1,893 yesterday).

All regions have dropped below three thousand infections per 100,000 inhabitants and those that are at the head of the incidence with more than 2,500 positives are Murcia (2,599); Cantabria (2,583) and Catalonia (2,571).

At the other extreme, Andalusia stands out with 567 cases and the Canary Islands with 689, according to data released this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health.

For age bracketsthe incidence is low in all groups, especially in those under 11 years of age, with 2,795 infections per 100,000 inhabitants (3,081 yesterday).

The infections: 62,839, one of the lowest figures

According to the Ministry of Health, there have been 62,839 more infections in the last 24 hours, one of the lowest figures since the descending phase of the sixth wave began on January 21 and taking into account that yesterday Catalonia did not provide its data for which 43,831 were registered.

Since the start of the pandemic in Spain there have been 10,502,141 reported cases.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests continues to drop to 30.81%.

Hospital occupancy is lightened

The ucis are at 18.12% bed occupancy with 1,700 patients, 68 less since this Tuesday.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 14,440 covid patients (11.58% occupancy), 766 less than yesterday.

vaccinations

The third or extra doses already reach almost 23 million citizens, of the 38,360,610 -80.9% of the total population- who have the double injected serum.

91.8% of those over 60 have it, while also 74.3% from 50 to 59 and 56% from 40 to 49. This rate drops significantly between thirty-somethings (36%) and twenty-somethings (23). ,4 %).

Childhood vaccination has increased at a much lower rate in recent weeks and reaches 55.7% of children between 5 and 11 years of age with their first injection.

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