Weekly balance of the sixth covid wave in Spain

In this last week, all the indicators of the sixth wave of covid in Spain have continued to fall, but not so the deaths, today again almost 400

Covid in Spain, weekly balance: sharp drop in all indicators, but not deaths


Several people walk through a street in the center of Oviedo. EFE/JL Cereijido/File

In this second week of February, the sixth wave has continued in strong remission, with a clear decrease in daily cases, a decrease in the accumulated incidence, as well as in hospital pressure and positivity by PCR, but this has not happened with deaths , yesterday and today very close to 400 daily.

High death toll

In the last week, 1,760 deaths from covid have been recorded, and since last February 1, 2,362. It is a very high number in full decline of the sixth wave.

The daily average of deaths so far in February exceeds 200 deaths, in the last 24 hours 389, with a total official figure since the pandemic broke out of 95,995.

Indicators of the evolution of the pandemic fall sharply

All the indicators that offer data on the evolution of the pandemic in this sixth wave have continued to fall in the last 24 hours, and the balance of the weekly sum is in the same direction.

Cases and cumulative incidence

The new infections today have been 49,004, reaching a total number of cases of 10,604,200.

The weekly average of cases has been around 47,000, well below the January records, with daily figures well above 100,000.

The accumulated incidence, number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants, has fallen another 105 points today, and stands at 1,461, with a decrease of 838 points compared to last Friday, February 4, when it stood at 2,299.

There are three communities below 1,000 cases of cumulative incidence: Andalucía (583), Canarias (617) and Madrid (960).

There are five regions above 2,000: Murcia (2,189), Cantabria (2,183), Catalonia (2,127), Galicia (2,091) and the Valencian Community (2,041).

The rest are between 1,000 and 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, all going down.

By age groups, the decline continues, with those under 11 years of age at the maximum figure (2,288) and people between 60 and 69 years of age, the lowest count (821).

Strong drop in hospital pressure

Covid patients admitted to hospitals are strongly reduced.

Today the number of patients admitted to the plant is 12,843 (10.3%), compared to 13,623 yesterday (10.9%), but last Friday this figure rose to 16,326 (13%), which represents a decrease of sick by covid in hospitals in a week of almost 4,000 (3,843).

In the ucis the decrease is also notable. This Friday 1,588 (16.9%) are recorded compared to 1,633 yesterday (17.4%); last Friday the figure registered was 1,880 (20%). The drop in seven days is 292 fewer covid patients in the intensive care units of Spanish hospitals.

Other data

PCR positivity also continues to decline. Today it stands at 29.4 percent, and a week ago at 33.9 percent.

Patient admissions to hospitals on the last day are 1,210, compared to 1,873 discharges. Another positive fact.

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