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Date Published: 21/07/2021
ARCHIVED - Spain’s cumulative incidence rate soars past 600
Over 27,000 new Covid infections have been confirmed with hospital admissions on the rise
The fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to gather momentum as the latest data published by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, July 20 shows that the 14-day incidence rate has risen sharply to 622 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a large increase from the 599 cases registered the previous day.
In total, 27,286 new cases of Covid were registered on Tuesday, with 16,418 diagnosed in a 24 hour period.
As can be expected, the increase in infections has led to the number of hospitalisations climbing also, with 6,856 patients admitted in just one day, as opposed to 6,482 the day before.
There is somewhat better news when it comes to the ICU, as the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, confirmed that there has been a “slight increase” in intensive care admissions, although “not in the proportion of previous occasions.” On Tuesday, there were 1,116 people in the ICU as a result of Covid, compared with 1,039 on Monday, with Catalonia being the autonomous community registering the most patients, at 435.
To date, 4,189,136 have been diagnosed with Covid since the pandemic began in Spain last year.
Sadly, 29 new fatalities have been reported compared with 13 on the same day last week, bringing Spain’s total death toll to 81,148. In the last week alone, 67 people have lost their lives to Covid in Spain.
As has been the trend for the past number of weeks, the age group with the highest cumulative incidence in 14 days is between 20 and 29 years of age with 1,838 cases.
The next age group with the highest cumulative incidence on Tuesday was those between 12 and 19 years old, with 1,525 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The Minister of Health has now warned of a parallel "double curve" in the upturn in incidence rates, depending on the age group affected: one for those over 40 who are more likely to have been vaccinated, and another for the younger age group who are the most likely to be infected.
As of Wednesday, July 21, a total of 24,344,008 people have been fully vaccinated in Spain, a 0.6 per cent increase on Tuesday, meaning that 51.3 per cent of the population is now fully inoculated. Slightly more than 61 per cent of people have received one jab.
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