The coronavirus returns strongly to Spain, where infections and hospitalizations are increasing

The coronavirus epidemic in Spain continues to rise after several weeks of increasing cases, with an incidence among those over 59 years of age of 1,135 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and hospital occupation at high risk, when the country is already in full vacation.

According to the latest report from the Ministry of Health, published this Tuesday, the incidence rose 139 points since Friday, when the latest data was provided, taking into account that they only include cases of people over 60, the most vulnerable age group. before the disease.

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The increase in cases has brought with it an increase in hospital pressurewhich is already at an occupancy of 9.5% of regular hospital beds, which is already high risk, while in In the case of intensive care units, occupancy rises to 5.7%.

The indicator on the incidence in the last 7 days went from the 539 cases it marked on Friday to the current 617which anticipates that the increase in the transmission of covid-19 will continue in the coming days.

The autonomous communities (regions), which are the ones with powers in Health, notified Health more than 40,000 cases among citizens aged 60 or over and the figure rises in this age range to almost 140,000 infections recorded in the last 14 days.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced today that The upward trend in infections will continueso that again recommended to vulnerable people to put on the mask and to the rest of the population to apply “common sense indoors with many people”.

In Spain, the mask ceased to be mandatory indoors last April, after almost two years, after the sixth dropped.

Experts attribute this increase in cases to the expansion of omicron variants Ba.4 and Ba.5present the latter in up to 85% of infections in some regions.

The Madrid’s community is the region with the worst indicators of Spainwith an incidence of 1,693 cases and a hospital occupancy of 14.4%, in general, and 8.6% in the ICU.

Source: Elcomercio

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