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

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.

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

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

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.

Stop covid infections in the world by slowing down the growth rate. EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

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.

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.

The sixth wave continues to decline in cases but with 361 more deaths

The sixth wave of the pandemic in Spain continues in the declining phase with 104 points less than yesterday to 1,893 cases per 100,000 incidence, without data from Catalonia. The deaths, however, add up to 361 reported in the last 24 hours.

Health personnel carry out diagnostic tests to detect the coronavirus. EFE/Alejandro Garcia/File

Another 335 deaths were also recorded yesterday, in many cases due to deaths reported late. With a death date of the last seven days there are 762 deaths.

Since records are available, the total number of deaths in Spain in the pandemic is 94,931.

The incidence: high rate of decrease

The sixth wave continues its decrease in the cumulative incidence of coronavirus over 14 days to 1,893 cases per 100,000 compared to 1,997 infections yesterday, 104 points less.

All the regions, except Catalonia, which has not updated its data (3,139 cases yesterday), have dropped below three thousand infections per 100,000 inhabitants, such as Murcia (2,848) or Valencia (2,691).

At the other extreme, Andalusia stands out with 638 cases and the Canary Islands with 746, according to data released this Tuesday by the Ministry of Health.

For age bracketsthe low incidence in all groups, especially in those under 11 years of age with 3,081 cases (3,489 yesterday).

The infections: 43,831, one of the lowest figures

According to the Ministry of Health, there have been 43,831 infections more in the last 24 hours, one of the lowest figures since the downward phase of the sixth wave began and taking into account that Catalonia has not provided its data (yesterday it registered 31,335 positives).

Since the start of the pandemic in Spain, a total of 10,395,471 cases have been reported.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests continues to drop to 31.16%.

Keep lowering the pressure in hospitals

The ICUs are at 18.76% bed occupancy with 1,768 patients, 70 fewer since Monday.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 15,206 covid patients (12.2% occupancy), 785 less than yesterday.

Vaccines

In total there are 38.3 million citizens, 90.9% of the population over 12 years of age with the full course of the covid vaccine.

In addition, 22.2 million people have already received the booster dose, 77.3% of those over 40 years of age.

55.6% of children aged 5 to 11 years (1.8 million of 3.3 million) have received the first dose of the vaccine since the campaign began on December 15.

On the other hand, the Public Health Commission has agreed to allocate the new Novavax vaccine to people who had not yet been able to be vaccinated or who had received an incomplete vaccination due to allergies to any of the components of the other four vaccines available in Spain or due to other Medical indications.

The sixth wave of coronavirus consolidates its decline

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has confirmed that the sixth wave of the pandemic in Spain consolidates its decline after reducing the accumulated incidence by 21% since it peaked on January 21 with 3,418 cases and up to 2,564 per 100,00 inhabitants of this Wednesday. For the moment, the outdoor masks are maintained, although “this measure is getting closer to modulating,” she says.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, during the press conference after the meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, this Wednesday in Madrid. EFE / Kiko Huesca

This decline in the sixth wave of coronavirus is also accompanied by a drop in daily infections below 100,000 since yesterday (86,222 today).

After the meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, Darias explained at a press conference that this drop in transmission occurs in all age groups, although it remains high in those under 11 years of age (5,156 cases/100,000). .

The lower severity of this sixth wave, although there is still a high number of deaths, 224 reported since yesterday, is due, according to the minister, to the high vaccination rate, 90.8% with a complete schedule.

The omicron variant already exceeds 95% of reported cases, although it varies according to each territory.

Epidemiological data

The cumulative incidence at 14 days it has dropped 130 points since yesterday to 2,564 cases/100,000 inhabitants, while the incidence at 7 days drops from 1,028 to 955.

All the autonomous communities are at the bottom of new infections with Catalonia in the lead (4,397) and followed by the Valencian Community, Aragon, Cantabria, Murcia, Navarra, Andalusia and Ceuta with more than 3,000 cases and, at the other extreme, Andalusia with 885.

The Ministry of Health has notified this Wednesday 86,222 cases since yesterday. The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic is 10,125,348.

The positivity rate of diagnostic testsdownwards, is 35.83%.

Since yesterday 224 are reported deaths more (yesterday there were 408) and 799 with a date of death in the last 7 days.

The total since there are records of deaths certified by tests in the pandemic in Spain is 93,857.

The global lethality represents 0.9%.

There is also a decrease in the hospital occupation.

The total number of patients admitted to hospitals (plant and ICU) is 17,441, 646 fewer since yesterday and drops to 13.9% of occupied beds.

ICU occupancy drops to 21.34% (21.71% yesterday) with 2,010 patients, 44 less than yesterday.

Catalonia continues to lead the occupation by covid in critical units, although in slow decline to 39%, while Aragon is at 32%.

Vaccines: In total there are 38.3 million citizens -90.8% of the total population- with the double dose, of which 21.9 million have the extra or booster serum against the coronavirus (75.9% of those over 40 years) and 55.1 of children aged 5 to 11 with the first dose.

The masks, closer to stop using outdoors

Although infections are falling, the Ministry of Health considers that it is not yet time to lower our guard and stop using masks abroad.

This is how he defended it last night in Congress in the validation of the decree law approved on December 22 to go back to wearing masks abroad (since it was already mandatory indoors) due to the increase in infections by omicron and before the Christmas holidays.

And it has also done so after the Interterritorial Council where some autonomous communities have raised it.

Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and Madrid believe that it is time to start thinking about their withdrawal.

The minister has said that “we are closer to modulating that measure” that is necessary “for the strictly essential time”.

Nor has the possibility of reducing home quarantines due to covid, now set at 7 days, been discussed.

The evolution of the sixth wave of covid in Spain continues to decline

“All the data indicates that we have bent the curve” of the incidence of covid-19, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, assured this Friday in Palma, who, however, has appealed for prudence regarding the end of the sixth pandemic wave

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, visits the Son Llàtzer University Hospital, a beneficiary center of the High Technology Investment Plan (INVEAT) in Palma de Mallorca, this Friday. EFE / Cati Cladera

Darias, who visited the Son Llàzer hospital in Palma this morning accompanied by the Balearic Minister of Health, Patricia Gómez, highlighted that in the wave dominated by the omicron variant, despite the fact that the incidence has multiplied by seven compared to the third wave, which occurred a year ago, “hospitalization, ICUs and deaths are much lower.”

This difference, he stressed, is explained by the “very high vaccination coverage” and by the lower virulence of the omicron variant.

The minister has indicated that, in coordination with the Autonomous Communities and with the European institutions, her department is working on the design of a new phase of containment of covid-19 in which “from emergency surveillance to surveillance by objectives, and of better quality than the current one».

Today’s data and balance of the week

In line with the minister’s statements, today’s data continues to reflect the decline in the indicators of the evolution of the pandemic in this sixth wave, although with 199 deaths in a single day.

The new cases are 118,922, up to a total of about 10 million (9,779,130).

Between Friday of last week, January 21, and this Friday, 803,672 infections are recorded.

The accumulated incidence drops 61 points and stands at 3,078 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The balance of the week shows a drop of 340 points of accumulated incidence since last Friday it reached the maximum figure with 3,418.

Catalonia is together with the Valencian Community the only communities that slightly increase the incidence compared to yesterday. Catalonia is also in first place in this figure with 5,352, while Andalusia is in last place (1,076).

Po age groups all fell slightly except for those under 11 years of age, who rose, are in the first place of incidence and figure 5,813 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

hospital pressure

The hospital pressure of covid patients continues to drop both on the ward and in the ICUs, in relation to yesterday and also compared to last Friday.

In the week, there are 282 fewer hospitalized: today 18,393 (14.7%) and last Friday 18,675.

In the ICUs, the weekly decrease has been 142 patients, today with 2,060 (21.7 percent).

This Friday’s registrations continue to exceed income: 2,305 registrations compared to 2,049 admissions.

The positivity by PCR has dropped in seven days six tenths, going from 38 percent a week ago to 37.4% today.

Deceased

The deceased registered in the last 24 hours are 199, up to an official total of 92,966.

The weekly balance of deaths is 1,225, with an average of 175 per day.

Caution in Spain in the face of the first cases of the “stealth omicron”

Madrid, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have been the first communities to detect cases of the “stealth omicron” (the BA.2 sublineage), whose advance, for the moment, is taken with caution but without special concern among health authorities and experts.

This subvariant of omicron, which differs from the original in some mutations, including the spike protein, has already spread to some 40 countries, such as Denmark, the United Kingdom or India, which is why the World Health Organization has requested that it be monitor its development.

In total, up to 5 cases have been detected in Spain, according to the data communicated by these three communities until Thursday, a figure that is expected to increase in the coming days because it is assumed to be highly transmissible, although it is more difficult to detect in certain diagnostic tests. , which is why it has been baptized as “stealthy or silent”.

The Minister of Health explained yesterday in Congress that Ba.2 behaves “similarly” to BA.1, although she has said it “with all prudence”, because it is still under evaluation.

Test to detect the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 at the Bangalore train station (India). EFE/EPA/IDREES MOHAMMED

All the indicators of the sixth wave go down

The sixth wave seems to continue slowly in the declining phase and this Thursday all the epidemiological indicators show drops compared to yesterday: from the incidence of cases to the pressure in hospitals, infections and the number of deaths.

A health worker performs an antigen test on a woman during the population screening held in Ribadavia, in Ourense. EFE / Brais Lorenzo

The 14-day cumulative incidence drops 55 points from yesterday to 3,139 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and for the fourth consecutive day after reaching the record for the entire pandemic last Friday, 3,418 cases, although it is not yet possible to specify if the number has been reached. maximum peak of this sixth wave.

The 7-day cumulative incidence is also down, from 1,359 yesterday to 1,335 today.

Catalonia has the highest accumulated incidence 5,287 and Melilla is also above 5,000 cases.

Between 4,000 and 3,000 cases are Navarra, Murcia, Aragón, Cantabria and Valencia.

For age brackets, the incidence is low in all age groups except in those under 11 years of age who, up to 5 years of age, are in the process of vaccination and who register the highest rate of new infections 5,782/100,000 compared to 5,666 on Wednesday.

Catalonia registers the highest in Spain, with 11,667 cases per 100,000 children, and is followed in this age group by Aragón, Navarra, Cantabria or Ceuta, with incidences above 8,000 and in some cases bordering on 9,000 points.

The infections: 130,888

The Ministry of Health has notified 130,888 this Thursday, 2,665 less than yesterday.

Of these infections, 50,483 have a diagnosis date of yesterday and the rest are cases reported late.

The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic is 9,660,208.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests remains at 37.75% since yesterday.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has indicated this Thursday in the Health Commission of the Congress of Deputies that it is being considered that the epidemiological data distinguish between hospitalized by covid and with covid, which now compute together, and once this new accounting in the system the next issue would be to do it with the deceased.

Darias has said that they are working on “advancing” in this distinction because it is not the same to be admitted for covid than to be hospitalized for an intervention for another pathology “and when performing a PCR, it is positive.”

Deaths: 176 more

This Thursday, the Ministry of Health has reported 176 more deaths in the last 24 hours.

This is the lowest figure this week after yesterday’s 215 deaths and Monday’s 253. It should be noted that 382 deaths were reported on Tuesday, a record number since the third wave, due to the fact that the Basque Country reported delayed deaths.

With date of death in the last 7 days there are 760 deceased.

The total number of deaths since there are records of deaths certified by tests in the pandemic in Spain is 92,767.

The global lethality is 1%.

Slow decline in hospital occupancy

The total number of patients admitted to hospitals (plant and ICU) is 18,548, 257 less since yesterday, and drops from 15% extreme risk to 14.85%, high risk.

The occupancy of the ICUs continues to drop and is at 22.16% with 2,099 patients, 53 less than yesterday.

Catalonia continues to lead the occupation by covid in the critical units, 41%, while Aragón is at 31% and the Balearic Islands and Melilla at 29%.

A year ago, a different epidemiological situation

Just a year ago, on January 27, 2021, the peak of the third wave was reached (899 cases per 100,000) and a record until the arrival, in December, of the omicron variant that has triggered infections, the vast majority mild.

The epidemiological situation then was very different: in full rise, 40,285 positives and 492 more deaths were reported in 24 hours.

The ICUs exceeded the extreme risk with 41.90% of beds occupied by 4,515 patients, while in the hospitals (floor and ICU) there were 30,789 patients, 24% occupancy.

Increased consumption of high protection masks in the sixth wave

High protection masks (FFP2 and FFP3) as well as paracetamol have increased their sales in pharmacies during the sixth wave of covid, according to a report from the Cofares Trends Observatory

A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Barcelona protected by a mask due to the coronavirus epidemic. EFE/Enric Fontcuberta

Continuous adaptation. These are the two words with which the Cofares report summarizes the two years of the pandemic, a period in which health products to protect against the virus have been changing depending on the successive Covid waves and health recommendations.

Thus, during the months between November 2021 and January 2022 (until the 19th), there has been a notable increase in the demand for high protection masks, and an increase in the demand for paracetamol in Spanish pharmacies, coinciding with the sixth wave of covid.

Specifically, according to data from Cofares, the leading cooperative in pharmaceutical distribution in Spain, the demand for masks FFP2 and FFP3 increased by +642%, while, in tune with the winter season and the confluence of colds and viruses, paracetamol grew by +60% compared to the same period.

“The high rate of spread of the omicron variant -sixth wave- and the return of the mandatory nature of the mask outdoors in December are some of the factors that have been able to favor this significant upturn, together with the fact that the population is aware of the high transmission of omicron”, they point out from the organization’s Data area.

FFP2 and FFP3 have a effectiveness high filter -92%, in the first case, and 98%, in the second, although the specifications of each manufacturer must be observed-, protecting against environmental particles and aerosols and preventing us from inhaling harmful particles, including those that cause the spread of the coronavirus.

If the data is compared month by month with respect to the previous year, it can be seen that, in November 2021, the increase was +206%, going from +931% in December to +959% in January (ten days before the end of the month).

By autonomous communities, notable increases in demand higher protection masks, between November and January, well above the average in Navarra (+1,104%), Catalonia (+1,003%), the Canary Islands (+840%), La Rioja (+796%), Aragón (+746%) or the Community of Madrid (+674%).

In relation to the paracetamol demand in the analyzed period, Ceuta (+274%), Navarra (+114%), La Rioja (+91%), Andalucía (+84%), Aragón (+81%) and Murcia (+70%) are the communities self-employed that have presented the greatest increase, adds this report of Cofares.

Health plans to change the surveillance model after the sixth wave

The Ministry of Health plans to change the current model of epidemiological surveillance, of control of the pandemic in Spain, once the sixth wave is overcome, which this week has entered a “gentle decline”. This has been stated by the head of the department, Carolina Darias, who has indicated that home quarantines due to covid will continue to be, for the time being, seven days.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias (l), together with the director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health, Fernando Simón (2l), during the meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System. EFE / Borja Puig De La Bellacasa / Pool Moncloa

After the meeting this afternoon of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, the Minister of Health highlighted at a press conference that a transition is opening towards “a new surveillance model” of the pandemic but “not before the end of the sixth wave Calmly and cautiously.”

The progressive change in the epidemiological situation, with more infections but mild in most cases due to both the characteristics of the omicron variant and the high vaccination rate, lead to the proposal of a new counting system in line with the experts and in national and international co-governance.

Darias has specified that the probability of hospitalization has been reduced 7 times in this wave compared to the third just a year ago, going from 6.5% to 0.9%, while ICU occupancy has dropped from 40 % to 22% current.

Asked about the approach of Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid, the Valencian Community and Galicia to reduce home quarantines due to covid from 7 to 4 or 5 days, the minister indicated that at the meeting only one counselor raised it as a possibility to study .

“This is an issue that is still immature, we must be very aware of the situation we are in,” he pointed out.

The current maximum capacity for sporting events is also maintained: 75% outdoors and 50% indoors.

New drop in incidence

The cumulative incidence at 14 days has dropped for the third day in a row, 73 points from yesterday to 3,194 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

“A slight decline in the last week after eleven consecutive weeks of growth,” the minister pointed out.

By age groups, the incidence is low in all groups except in those under 11 years of age, in the process of being vaccinated, with an incidence of 5,666 cases/100,000.

The Ministry of Health It has notified 133,553 more cases this Wednesday (114,877 yesterday), of which 52,034 have a diagnosis date of Tuesday and a cumulative of 9,529,320.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests, 37.75%, continues to decline this week.

Deaths, 215 more

After the maximum of 382 deaths reported yesterday, a figure that had not been reached since February 2021 in the fall of the third wave, 215 more were added this Wednesday.

With a date of death in the last 7 days there are 757 deaths and 92,591 since there are records of deaths certified by tests in the pandemic in Spain. The global lethality is 1%.

decline in hospitals

The total number of patients admitted to hospitals (ward and ICU) is 18,805, 329 less than yesterday, 15.06% bed occupancy (15.47% yesterday).

In the ucis there are 2,152 covid patients, 52 less than yesterday, who occupy 22.74% of the beds after more than two weeks above 23%.

Catalonia continues to lead the occupation with 41%, while Aragon and Melilla are above 30%.

Spain has a notification of an omicron sublineage

Ómicron continues to gain space and occupies 86% of the sequenced samples; in our country and in the rest of the world, the minister explained; BA.1 is the dominant sublineage.

Spain has only one notification of the BA.1 sublineage, which is currently of concern in Denmark, Sweden and India and which the WHO has asked to monitor, counting on the time lag of between 2 and 3 weeks that exists and the sequencing that confirms it.

Regarding this sublineage, “the information we have from Denmark is that it does not seem, said with all caution, that it behaves very differently from BA.1”, although Health will be “very attentive” to its evolution, Darias has guaranteed. .