Date Published: 21/07/2020
ARCHIVED - 14 new cases bring Murcia Covid total to 170 on Tuesday
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The number of positives in the Atalayas outbreak has risen to 48
Daily figures published by the regional health authority in the Region of Murcia continue to mark an upward tendency on Tuesday, with 14 new cases diagnosed via PCR and 5 detected using the rapid test method.
Two patients have reovered from the virus, so the resulting number of active cases rises to 170 and the total cases since the pandemic first began to 3,589.
This is the highest number of active cases since May 27th, when there were 180 cases and the cases have doubled in the last ten days.
The number of patients requiring hospital care is unchanged at 20 and one patient remains in intensive care. Fatalities are unchanged at 151, which leaves 150 in domestic isolation.
The number of cases related to the outbreak at the Atalayas nocturnal leisure zone continues to rise, nine of these new cases relating to this outbreak, which now numbers 48.
The positive detected in the Totana Pub Dubai is being linked to this outbreak and the regional health service is requesting that anyone who drank in this establishment during the weekend of 10th and 11th July go to the “Punto Covid” in the Totana Sur Health Centre for a PCR test, regardless of whether they have experienced any symptoms or not, between the hours of 09:00 and 20:00 on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Five further cases have been notified in Murcia City, described only as “imported” and the Epidemiology Service is also maintaining a close watch on the Lorenzo Guirao de Cieza hospital where one patient and five workers have given positive results.
BORM: nocturnal leisure venues must close by 02:00
The BORM has published details of the restrictions relating to leisure venues announced by the regional government on Monday which are in force for a period of one month.
The restrictions published limit the opening of interior areas of pubs and cocktail bars until 10pm in the evening, from which point nocturnal entertainment can only take place in venues with outdoor terraces or garden areas and may only continue until 02:00. Clients may not be admitted after 01:30 a.m.
Drinking seated at the bar is not permitted and dance floors may not be used.
Musical activities, dance performances and karaoke by “amateurs” in these venues is also not permitted.
Several venues have indicated that this makes their businesses unviable, one of the first to announce closure until 2021 being the Mamaluna disco in Cabo de Palos.
The Bside festival in Molina de Segura, always an important musical event at the end of the summer, has announced the suspension of the 2020 edition today.
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