Coronavirus infections drop to mid-December figures

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.

Enrique Vives: families of victims with agreements and drop charges - Other Cities - Colombia

The families of the six young people who were run over by a van driven by the businessman Enrique Vives Knight They reached an agreement with the insurer and received compensation for the consequences caused by the tragic accident that occurred on September 13, 2021 in the Gaira sector.

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The lawyer Rodríguez Martínez, representative of two of the victims, acknowledged Vives Caballero’s interest in getting his vehicle policy to become effective quickly and to be able to deliver the economic sum that corresponded to the relatives of the four women and two men who hit while driving drunk.

The insurer relied on a table where the affected person’s condition is specified, that is, the amount of money depended, according to age, dependents

“The accused person maintained a position of help and through his team of lawyers exercised good management that made timely and effective payment possible. In these types of cases, the process normally takes time, however, it can be said that it was compensation in record time, “said the lawyer.

Martínez explained that the negotiations with each family were independent and reserved, and the amount varied according to the characteristics of the victim.

“The insurer relied on a table specifying the condition of the affected party, that is, the amount of money depended, according to age, dependents and other important aspects,” said Rodrigo Martínez, who added that each indemnified actor signed a document that prohibits revealing the amount delivered.

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They renounce the process against Enrique Vives

They asked the Prosecutor’s Office to modify the judicial conduct from eventual intent to negligent homicide for which it must respond

Although there is no economic amount that can compensate for the life that was lost, the lawyer reported that all the families, without exception, decided accept the demands that the insurance company raised in the sense of waiving the charges and the entire legal process that they were carrying out against Enrique Vives.

“It is already a fact that the victims are not going to continue the criminal action against the driver, and they also asked the Prosecutor’s Office to modify the judicial conduct from eventual intent to negligent homicide for which they must respond,” said the jurist.

In any case, it is an autonomous decision of the accusing entity if it takes into account the request of the families or maintains its position of taking Vives Caballero to trial and severely sentencing.

For the time being, as requested by the judge, the Prosecutor’s Office has already handed over to the businessman’s defense the evidence in his possession to point him out as the main responsible of the road tragedy that left six dead and an injured teenager.

The preparatory hearing is scheduled for March 3, where the accusing body and Vives’ lawyer will defend their version with evidence and technical arguments about what happened the morning of the accident on the dual carriageway in the Gaira sector.

Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
@rogeruv

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Second consecutive day of drop in the covid incidence in Spain

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.

Children’s vials of the Pfizer vaccine against covid. EFE/SERGAS/