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Date Published: 27/02/2023

ARCHIVED - Covid incidence rate and hospital admissions climb again: Spain pandemic update Feb 27

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The number of people hospitalised for coronavirus in Spain has increased by 3.1% in the last week

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Covid incidence rate and hospital admissions climb again: Spain pandemic update Feb 27

After dropping consistently for eight consecutive weeks, hospital admissions in Spain have suffered an unfortunate rebound according to the latest report published by the Ministry of Health on Friday February 24. After racking up more than 7,000 new infections in the last week the country’s incidence rate has also experienced an upswing.

Coronavirus infections

The Ministry of Health registered an additional 7,380 cases of coronavirus on Friday, an increase on the 7,038 infections reported on the same day last week. Of these, 4,661 positives were diagnosed in people over the age of 60.

This brings the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 13,763,336.

Cumulative incidence rate

There’s been a three point upswing in the 14-day cumulative rate, which has risen from 53.58 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to 56.30. However, this is still one of the lowest figures of the entire pandemic.

In addition, the 7-day figure, standing at 27.53, is still more than 50% below the two-week rate, an excellent indication that the health situation remains relatively stable.

When it comes to autonomous communities, La Rioja this week has the lowest incidence rate of just 12.12 cases per 100,000, while Andalucia has dropped to fourth place with a figure of 31.52.

Madrid is currently faring the worst, with 106.90 infections per 100,000 people while the Valencian Community is lower than the national average, with 42.47 cases, after dropping another five points in the last week.

The highest incidence continues to be recorded in people over the age of 80, with a rate of 111.40 cases this week, followed by those aged between 70 and 79 (50.51) and between 60 and 69 (32.48).

Fatalities and hospitalisations

A further 48 Covid-related fatalities have been reported in the last 7 days, bringing the total number of deaths in Spain up to 119,380.

There are currently 1,888 patients admitted to hospitals across Spain, compared to 1,830 last week, while 95 people are being treated in intensive care for more serious symptoms (down significantly from 117).

These figures mean that 1.50% of all hospital beds are occupied by people with a positive diagnosis (1.46% a week ago), while the ICU occupancy rate is at 1.07% (down from 1.33% last Friday.

The number of people hospitalised for Covid has registered a slight rise of 3.1% in the last week, while the number of patients in the ICU has decreased by 18.8% compared to the previous Friday.

Vaccination data

As of February 27, 92.6% of the population over 12 (39,208,623 people) are double jabbed. In addition, 39,285,625 people over the age of 12, or 92.8% of the population, have received at least one dose.

Read more: How to book a vaccination appointment to get your Covid jab

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