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Date Published: 25/02/2022

ARCHIVED - Covid cases fall by a quarter in a week: Murcia update February 25

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The Region registered two more deaths and the incidence rate has dropped once more

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Covid cases fall by a quarter in a week: Murcia update February 25

After several weeks of decline and finally stabilising below the 1,000-mark, daily infections in the Region of Murcia are now closer to 500 as the health situation continues to improve. The cumulative incidence rate has also dropped a further 40 points overnight to stand at 819.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Thursday February 24 and is fewer than 180 points above the national average.

Coronavirus infections

The regional health authorities have notified just 554 new infections on Thursday, the lowest daily infections figure of the week and a significant decrease on the 730 cases reported on the same day last week.

Of the total number of infections, 193 correspond to the municipality of Murcia, 81 to Cartagena, 34 to Molina de Segura, 17 to Águilas, 17 to Cieza, 14 to Alcantarilla, 14 to Lorca, 13 to San Pedro del Pinatar, 11 to San Javier, 10 to Archena, 10 to Yecla, 10 to Cehegín. The remaining cases are distributed throughout the other municipalities.

Fatalities

Although the number of deaths is also decreasing, two Covid-related deaths were reported on Thursday. The deceased are a woman aged 72 and a man aged 78 years-old, both from health area I (Murcia Oeste).

This data brings the total number of fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,149.

Hospitalisations

Hospital pressure hasn’t undergone any major changes in the past 24 hours. At the moment, there are 275 people hospitalised for Covid, three fewer than the previous day, while 41 patients are fighting the virus in the Region’s ICUs, which is one more than the day before.

In addition, another 11,460 residents of the Region are in home isolation after testing positive while active infections have dropped by 93 cases to 11,735.

Vaccination data

Almost 91% of the population of the Region of Murcia is now fully immunised as 1,213,199 people over the age of 12 have received both vaccines.

Data at a glance from Thursday February 24:

Positives diagnosed in the last 24-hour period: 539

Active cases: 11,720

Total of positive cases to date: 365,987

Patients in home isolation with mild cases: 11,445

Hospitalisations: 275

Patients in intensive care: 41

Total recoveries to date: 352,118

Total fatalities to date: 2,149

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