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Date Published: 03/11/2021

ARCHIVED - Incidence rate drops almost a point: Spain Covid update November 2

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The majority of coronavirus figures remained stable over the holiday weekend in Spain

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Incidence rate drops almost a point: Spain Covid update November 2

Celebrations and festivities of any kind are precarious during the coronavirus pandemic, and health authorities waited with baited breath for the latest figures to be released after the All Saints long weekend on Tuesday November 2. The Ministry of Health in Spain delayed releasing the daily data for four days, but thankfully, the national holiday hasn’t had too drastic an impact on the evolution of the virus, with most of the important indicators remaining stable and some even going down.

New infections

Since the last update published before the weekend, 5,820 new coronavirus infections were registered on Tuesday evening. At first glance, this appears to be a significant increase on the 2,212 reported last Thursday, but the figures include cases detected over a four-day period.

A total of 585 cases were reported in the last 24 hour period, bringing to 5,016,968 the number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

Cumulative incidence rate

After several days of the 14-day incidence rate hovering dangerously close to the medium risk level, the figure has dropped almost a full point to 49.03 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

This all-important indicator naturally varies widely by autonomous community, the Balearic Islands topping the list at 87.66 cases, double the national average. It is followed by Navarra, with 83.18% and the Basque Country, with 82.91%.

On the other end of the scale, the communities with the lowest incidence are Ceuta, with 8.31% and Galicia, with 19.14%.

Fatalities and hospitalisations

In the last 7 days, Spain has reported 41 more deaths. Aragon and the Valencian Community have recorded the highest number of fatalities with 9 deaths each.

On a much more positive note, more and more communities are experiencing a decrease in the death toll, with the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Ceuta, Extremadura, Melilla and La Rioja reporting zero fatalities in the last week.

These figures bring the total death toll from coronavirus in Spain to 87,423.

There are currently 1,740 patients hospitalised with Covid throughout the country with 405 being treated for more serious cases in the ICU. In the past 24 hours, there have been 185 admissions and 83 discharges.

Vaccination data

As of Tuesday, 38,037,531 people (90.3%) had received at least one dose of the vaccine while 37,317,388 individuals, representing 88.6% of the target population, are now double jabbed.

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