ARCHIVED - Coronavirus incidence rate back above 100 as Spain struggles to contain the Delta variant
The strain on hospitals continues to ease as 35 per cent of the population are fully vaccinated against Covid-19
The latest daily update published by the Ministry of Health on Monday evening reported a further slight increase in the 14-day coronavirus incidence rate in Spain as it reached 100.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, although with the immunization campaign progressing rapidly the official accumulated death toll since the pandemic reached this country rose by just 10 over the weekend to 80,789.
At the same time, a further 10,179 new cases were confirmed, taking the total since the pandemic reached this country to almost 3.8 million, and the fact that the 7-day rate now stands at 51.5, just over half of the 14-day figure, indicates that as the Delta variant of the virus spreads more of those who have not yet been vaccinated are becoming infected.
There is still significant variation among the regional data but in only five regions is the 14-day rate higher than the national average: Andalucía (164), Cantabria (160), La Rioja (134), Catalunya (123) and the Canaries (109). At the other end of the scale are Ceuta (16.7), Castilla-La Mancha (48), Galicia (51) and the Region of Murcia (58).
Meanwhile, the number of Covid patients receiving hospital treatment has fallen to below 2,500 and they now account for 2.04 per cent of all occupied beds, while in intensive care units the equivalent figure has dropped below 7 per cent (6.92%).
Vaccination data
The number of people to have received the full dose of immunization vaccines in Spain has risen to just over 16.6 million, equating to 35 per cent of the population – half of the target set by the government to achieve “herd immunity”.
The 24.79 million to have received at least one vaccine dose represent 52.2 per cent of the entire population.