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A combination of factors including the scrapping of masks in most indoor venues and settings and the return of tradition fiestas has led to a rise in all coronavirus indicators, with 74 people admitted to hospitals in Alicante province and the rest of the region since last Friday.

 

More than 6,000 new infections have been reported in the latest update from the Regional Ministry of Health and 14 deaths, all over the age of 70.

 

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Coronavirus cases

The regional Ministry of Health has reported 6,111 new cases of coronavirus since the last update on Friday May 13, over 400 more than were reported during the same period a week ago when there were 5,708 infections over the four-days.

 

Two weeks ago, on May 3, 6,049 new infections were reported.

By provinces, 877 in Castellón (174,019 in total), 2,021 in Alicante (487,890 in total) and 3,213 in Valencia (758,834 in total).

Of these new cases, 2,666 are people over 60 years of age (up from 2,519 reported a week ago): 438 in Castellón, 888 in Alicante and 1,340 in Valencia.

Hospitalisations

There are currently 767 Covid patients in hospitals across the Valencia region, 74 more than seven days ago, 40 of them in the ICU (up two): 123 in the province of Castellón, 5 in the ICU; 251 in the province of Alicante, 11 of them in the ICU; and 393 in the province of Valencia, 24 in the ICU.

The Ministry of Health is no longer providing data relating to the number of active cases or how many people have overcome the virus.

Fatalities

A further 14 deaths have been reported reported in the last seven days (nine were reported last Tuesday) – 11 women aged between 74 and 99-years-old and three men aged between 75 and 88. This brings the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 9,359: 1,093 in the province of Castellón, 3,548 in the province of Alicante and 4,718 in the province of Valencia.
 

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