The sixth covid wave continues its solid decline in March

The sixth wave of covid in Spain enters the month of March, maintaining a solid decline in all indicators of the evolution of the pandemic

The sixth wave of covid continues its solid decline in March


Sample of an antigen test. EFE/David Arquimbau

The data on the evolution of the coronavirus add up to four days this first day of March, since yesterday, Monday, they were not updated due to technical problems.

They are, therefore, new data since last Friday, February 25.

In these four days, all the indicators of the pandemic have continued to drop significantly.

New infections and accumulated incidence

The cases in these four days are 58,561, a figure that barely shows 15,000 infections on average daily.

The total number of people infected since the pandemic broke out almost two years ago exceeds 11 million (11,036,085).

The accumulated incidence has fallen almost 100 points on these dates and stands at 515.10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, very close to the 500 barrier, below which the extreme risk is left. Last Friday the incidence was 613.15.

By communities, the one with the highest incidence is Galicia (825) and the lowest figure is Melilla (252).

There are six regions, in addition to Melilla, below 500 incidence cases: Balearic Islands (446), Basque Country (432), Ceuta (421), Andalusia (333), Madrid (320) and Castilla-La Mancha (302) .

By age groups, the highest incidence is in the age group between 12 and 19 years old (792) and the lowest is in people between 60 and 69 years old (346).

The ucis, below 1,000 patients admitted

The pressure on hospitals continues to drop.

In the plant there are 6,478 patients with SARS-CoV-2 (5.2%), compared to 7,248 last Friday.

962 seriously ill covid patients (10.4%) are registered in intensive care units. On Friday, February 25, there were 1,053.

The patients admitted in the last 24 hours are 609 compared to 876 who have been discharged.

PCR positivity has dropped from 19.2 percent four days ago to 17.1 percent.

Deceased

Since last Friday the number of deaths has slowed down, adding 473 in four days, about 120 daily.

The official global number of deaths is 99,883, about to reach 100,000 in almost two years.

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Two women walk down the street, with and without masks. EFE/David Aguilar

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