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Both the death toll and new infections have declined in Spain this week
It has been a week of ups and downs regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Spain, with the all-important cumulative incidence rate yo-yoing on a daily basis. Despite this, the number of newly diagnosed cases continues to decline and October has seen infections drop below 2,000, a figure that hasn’t been recorded yet in 2021.
Cumulative incidence rate
The incidence of Covid infections per 100,000 inhabitants is the key piece of data that indicates whether the pandemic is subsiding in Spain and the country remains in the low risk category overall. However, the 14-day rate rose again on Thursday October 21 to 43.26 cases, the second consecutive day where an increase was recorded.
At the beginning of the week, the figure sat at 42.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. It dipped slightly on Tuesday to 41.9 before rebounding again on Wednesday to 43.15 cases.
Galicia continues to lead the pack with just 14.10 cases, a rate which has barely changed in recent days. On the opposite end of the scale sits the autonomous community of Navarra, whose figure has jumped from 49 cases on Monday to 60.35 this Thursday.
Most regions in Spain have seen an increase this week, with the Community of Valencia sitting at 41.50 cases per 100,000, the Region of Murcia at 55.32 and Andalucía at 30.39.
Infections
The latest data published by the Ministry of Health show that 1,881 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours. This is a slight decrease from the previous day and is considerably lower than the 1,932 cases reported last Thursday.
This figure brings to 4,995,176 the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic.
Hospitalisations
The number of Covid patients currently in ICUs in Spain has remained relatively stable this week, with 434 patients on Thursday. This is 13 fewer than was recorded on Wednesday and one more than on Tuesday.
By communities, Catalonia and Madrid continue to have the most people hospitalised with serious cases of coronavirus, with 93 and 83 patients respectively.
Fatalities
Spain has registered 67 deaths from Covid this week, and the figure has barely fluctuated. Andalucía had the most fatalities over the last seven days, reporting 13 deaths.
This brings the global death toll in Spain to 87,102.
On a positive note, the Balearic Islands, Extremadura, Catalonia, Ceuta and La Rioja didn’t see any fatalities this week.
Vaccination data
Spain has now surpassed the 90% mark for people with at least one dose of the vaccine, at 37,938,819. To date, 37,176,352 people, representing 88.3% of the population, are double jabbed.
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