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Date Published: 25/02/2022

ARCHIVED - Fatalities exceed 99,000: Spain Covid update February 25

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The incidence rate has dropped another 28 points to 648 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Fatalities exceed 99,000: Spain Covid update February 25

In the past seven days, Spain has made great headway against the coronavirus pandemic, with the cumulative incidence rate dropping below 1,000 points this week for the first time since December. The vaccination campaign is rolling on, albeit at a much slower pace, which may explain why, on Thursday February 24, the improvements in the data appear to be dawdling slightly.

All of the important indicators have still declined in the past 24 hours, which is of course the important point, but not with the same intensity as previous days.

Coronavirus infections

The Ministry of Health has notified an additional 35,892 cases of coronavirus on February 24, very similar data to yesterday when 33,911 infections were registered and bringing the total number of Covid cases since the pandemic began to 10,949,997.

Cumulative incidence rate

Regarding the incidence rate of infections in the last 14 days, the report shows that it continues to decline, dropping a further 28 points to stand at 648.87 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

As has been the trend all week, the north African enclave of Melilla and the community of Andalucía have once again registered the best figures, with 319.96 and 418.56 cases respectively.

On the other hand, Galicia is struggling to bring its incidence rate below the 1,000-mark and registered 1,059.19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Wednesday.

There’s been little change in the incidence by population, with young people aged between 12 and 19 still occupying the top spot, with 983.57 cases, followed by those aged 20 to 29 (792.55).

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Hospitalisations and fatalities

Hospital pressure also continues its downward trend and there are currently 7,824 patients admitted for Covid throughout Spain (down from 8,258 yesterday) while 1,112 people are being treated for more serious conditions in the country’s ICUs (down from 1,162).

In the last 24 hours, 675 people have been admitted to hospital while 1,112 patients have recovered and been discharged.

With these figures, the percentage of hospital beds occupied by people with coronavirus has dropped to 6.27% (down from 6.64% yesterday) while intensive care occupancy levels have fallen from 12.52% to 11.95% in the past 24 hours.

Covid-related fatalities have now sadly exceeded 99,000 as a further 226 deaths have been reported.

In the last seven days alone, 432 people in Spain have lost their lives, bringing the overall death toll since the health crisis began to 99,162.

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Vaccination data

As of February 24, a total of 39,158,856 people, representing 92.8% of the population over the age of 12, have received their first vaccine while 38,401,260 people, or 91%, are now double jabbed.

Now read: How to get a Covid passport and How to book an appointment for a vaccination or booster jab in Spain

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