The autonomous communities have notified the Ministry of Health this Wednesday 12,386 new cases of COVID-19, 6,819 of them diagnosed in the last 24 hours. This is a figure higher than the 11,078 on the same day of the previous week.
The total number of infections in Spain has already risen to 1,842,289 since the start of the pandemic, according to official statistics. The cumulative incidence in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 253, compared to 236 yesterday and 201 last Wednesday, with a total of 119,323 positives in the past two weeks.
Of the 6,819 diagnoses yesterday, 358 have been produced in Andalusia, 206 in Aragon, 98 in Asturias, 131 in the Balearic Islands, 237 in the Canary Islands, 60 in Cantabria, 229 in Castilla-La Mancha, 289 in Castilla y León, 1,568 in Catalonia, eight in Ceuta, 172 in Valencian Community, 368 in Extremadura, 358 in Galicia, 2,057 in Madrid, 19 in Melilla, 99 in Murcia, 70 in Navarra, 426 in the Basque Country and 66 in La Rioja.
In this Wednesday’s report 178 new deaths have been added, compared to 260 yesterday and 195 last Wednesday. Up to 49,698 people with a positive diagnostic test have died since the virus arrived in Spain, according to data collected by the Ministry.
In the last week, 648 people with a confirmed positive COVID-19 diagnosis have died in Spain: 96 in Andalusia, 52 in Aragon, 50 in Asturias, eleven in the Balearic Islands, 26 in the Canary Islands, nine in Cantabria, 48 in Castilla-La Mancha, 62 in Castilla y León, 30 in Catalonia, one in Ceuta, 82 in the Valencian Community, 15 in Extremadura, 26 in Galicia, 37 in Madrid, 18 in Murcia, 19 in Navarra, 60 in the Basque Country and six in La Rioja.
Currently there 11,328 patients admitted for COVID-19 throughout Spain (11,500 yesterday) and 1,932 in the ICU (1,906 yesterday). In the last 24 hours, there have been 1,265 admissions (1,266 yesterday) and 1,409 discharges (1,241 yesterday). The occupancy rate of beds occupied by coronavirus stands at 9.24 percent (9.40% yesterday) and in ICUs at 20.20 percent (20.01% yesterday).
In the last week, 2,218 people have required COVID-19 hospitalization (206,597 in the pandemic so far): 281 in Andalusia, 161 in Aragon, 77 in Asturias, 100 in the Balearic Islands, 88 in the Canary Islands, 38 in Cantabria, 77 in Castilla-La Mancha, 188 in Castilla y León, 137 in Catalonia , five in Ceuta, 450 in the Valencian Community, 101 in Extremadrua, 186 in Galicia, 170 in Madrid, six in Melilla, 87 in Murcia, 40 in Navarra, two in the Basque Country and 24 in La Rioja.
Likewise, 155 admissions to intensive care units (UCI) in the past seven days (17,724 in the global count of the pandemic): 16 in Andalusia, 11 in Aragon, four in Asturias, seven in the Balearic Islands, seven in the Canary Islands, six in Cantabria, five in Castilla-La Mancha, 11 in Castilla y León, three in Catalonia, one in Ceuta, 31 in the Valencian Community, five in Extremadura, 24 in Galicia, 10 in Madrid, one in Melilla, eight in Murcia and five in Navarra.
Illa: “Nobody rules out tightening measures”
The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has warned this Wednesday that “Nobody rules out tightening measures” if the evolution of the pandemic “continues to be unfavorable”.
It has done so in the press conference after the final meeting of a new meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS), in which the councilors have expressed their concern that this increase coincides with the beginning of the Christmas holidays. “It worries a lot”, Illa stressed.
During the meeting, the regional leaders explained the measures that have already been implemented or they think to put to stop the advance of the coronavirus, a work of which the minister has said to feel “satisfied”, because it shows that “the communities react”.
But “the situation is not going well”; and although “the hope” of the vaccine is on the horizon, “it will take a few months to materialize”, hence have asked “to be very careful” and strictly comply with restrictions.
And it is “very easy to get carried away by affection and emotion” these days in which, however, you have to “move as little as possible and limit contacts.”
“These days are to be spent at home with close family”, has settled the minister, who has wanted to make clear that “nobody rules out tightening measures if the evolution continues to be unfavorable in some areas of the national territory.”
On the other hand, and when asked about a new strain detected in South Africa, the minister pointed out that, at the moment, “there is no evidence” that there are cases in our country related to this variant or to the one that emerged in the United Kingdom.
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