The rate of weekly decline in the incidence of coronavirus slows down

The cumulative incidence of coronavirus cases has dropped in one week, from Friday to Friday, 150 points, to 463 cases per 100,000. In the same period of the previous week that difference was more than 300 points, so the rate of decline is slowing down. The Ministry of Health has reported today 22,400 infections and 174 more deaths.

A health worker walks down the corridor of a hospital. EFE/Javier Belver

Compared to yesterday, the accumulated incidence has dropped by only 12 points, but the decline phase of the sixth wave continues in Spain, which has already left the extreme risk (more than 500 cases) and is at high risk.

The Canary Islands are rising in cases this week with an incidence of 868/100,000, compared to 692 last Friday.

Still at extreme risk are Galicia (722, slowly falling); Murcia (667); Aragon (508); Catalonia (659); Extremadura (572, slightly rising) and La Rioja (571).

With less incidence, at low risk: Andalusia (276); Castile-La Mancha (269); Madrid (268) and Melilla (238).

By age brackets, the highest incidence occurs in the group of 12 to 19 years (727); followed by those between 20 and 29 years old (597) and those between 30 and 39 (507).

Deaths: 1,003 reported

The Ministry of Health has notified a total of 1,003 deaths from covid since last Friday, although many of them have an earlier date of death and have been communicated late by the autonomous communities.

Last Wednesday, more than 100,000 deaths from covid were reached since records were kept at the beginning of the pandemic and this Friday they add up to 100,413.

Compared to yesterday, 174 more deaths were reported.

Infections down

According to him Ministry of Healththe total of positive notified this Friday compared to the previous day is 22,400 and 122,904 in the last eight days.

The previous week, from February 21 to 25, a total of 168,302 were recorded, reflecting a progressive drop in coronavirus cases.

This week the barrier of 11 million infections was also overcome, 11,100,428 this Friday, since the start of the pandemic.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests It continues to drop to 16.62%, 2.6% less in a week.

No pressure in hospitals

The ICUs are at 9.3% bed occupancy with 851 patients, 39 fewer than yesterday and 202 fewer since Friday, February 25.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 5,693 covid patients (4.5% occupancy), 296 less than yesterday and 1,555 less than the previous Friday.

vaccinations

In total there are 39.1 citizens, 91.1% of the population over 12 years of age, with the complete schedule of the covid vaccine.

In addition, 24.2 million people have already received the booster dose, 51.1% of the general population.

57.6% of children between 5 and 11 years old (1.8 million out of 3.2 million) have received at least one dose and 20.1% already have the complete schedule since the start of the pediatric vaccination campaign.

226 more deaths and the incidence slows down its rate of de-escalation

The Ministry of Health has notified this Thursday 226 more deaths and 35,892 coronavirus infections since yesterday. The incidence of cases continues to be de-escalated but slows down by dropping 27.7 points in the last 24 hours.

Tolosa celebrates the traditional chupinazo with which it recovers its carnivals, which become the first massive party organized in the Basque Country after the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. EFE/Javier Etxezarreta

The accumulated incidence at 14 days stands at 648.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 27.7 points less than on Wednesday, while in the previous days this difference exceeded 50 points, so the rate of decline of this sixth wave is slow down

Galicia is the only region that exceeds a thousand cases (1,059), while Castilla-La Mancha with 399 and Melilla with 319 are at the bottom of the new infections.

By age bracketsthe incidence is low in all groups, with 12 to 19 year-olds in the lead with 938 cases, followed by 20 to 29 with 792 and under 11 with 720 cases.

Deaths: 226 deaths

One more day the Ministry of Health has notified a high number of deaths, 226, after yesterday they were 301 and 464 last Monday, although there may be delays in notifications by the autonomous communities.

The death toll during the sixth wave, which began just over four months ago, amounts to 12,245.

The total number of deaths since records are available in this pandemic is 99,162.

The infections: 35,892

Health It has reported 35,892 infections since yesterday, a figure somewhat higher than yesterday’s (33,911) and Tuesday’s (22,194), although far from the more than 300,000 that were reached after a weekend at the peak of the sixth wave .

Since the start of the pandemic in Spain there are already 10,949,997 coronavirus infections on record.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests it continues to fall to 20.05%, thirty tenths less than yesterday.

Less pressure on hospitals

The ICUs are at 11.95% bed occupancy with 1,112 patients, 50 less since yesterday although still at high risk (between 10% and 5%).

All the autonomous communities are below the extreme risk of occupation (25%). Catalonia and Aragon have 21% occupancy, while Galicia stands at 2.9%, in a new normality.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 7,824 covid patients (6.2% occupancy), 434 fewer patients than last Friday and in a situation of medium risk (from 5% to 10% of occupied beds).

In the last 24 hours, 675 people have been admitted due to covid and 1,112 have been discharged.

Vaccines

In total there are 38,401,260 citizens, 91% of the population over 12 years of age, with the full schedule of the covid vaccine.

In addition, 23.9 million people have already received the booster dose, 50.5% of the general population.

57% of children between 5 and 11 years old (1.8 million out of 3.2 million) have received at least one dose and 16.1% already have the complete schedule since the campaign started on December 15 pediatric vaccination.

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