Date Published: 05/05/2021
ARCHIVED - Pandemic continues slow decline across Spain with 4,515 new cases and 106 deaths: May 4 covid update
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Spain’s pandemic has continued its decline according to the latest government figures published on May 4.
The latest figures published by the Spanish health ministry illustrate the slow, but steady reduction in the overall level of new cases being reported in Spain as the number of vaccinations steadily rise and the total number of new cases slowly decreases.
A further 4,515 new cases and 106 deaths were reported across Spain on May 4, a drop of 4.4 per cent in infections compared to the previous day (Monday, May 3).
These latest additions take the total number of cases reported to date in Spain to 3,544,945 and the total number of fatalities reported to date to 78,399.
The figures showed that only four communities (or regions) had seen cases rise, including Murcia, which reported an increase of 0.65 per cent.
The Comunidad Valenciana also saw a rise of 0.6 per cent, while Galicia’s cases rose by 0.1 per cent. Castilla y Leon was the community with the largest increase in confirmed Covid cases at 16.3 per cent.
Meanwhile, the two communities with the largest drop in cases were regions which have the highest levels of contagion at the moment; Catalonia, whose figures dropped by 11.7 per cent, and Madrid, whose figures fell by 7 per cent. The drop in Catalonia’s cases was mainly due to officials removing 1,837 cases duplicated in error in previous figures dating back to April 23. The accumulated incidence rate figures below, however, show that these two regions are still amongst the worst affected in the country.
The decline in Spain’s cases has meant that one region, Cantabria, has left the ‘extreme risk’ category after figures decreased to 249.4 per 100,000 people, dropping below the crucial 250 threshold. There are still six regions above this alert level, however, including the Basque Country at 491 cases per 100,000 of population, Madrid at 343.2, Navarra 327.1, Aragon at 296.7, La Rioja at 270.4, and Catalonia at 263.6 over a 14 day period.
The overall drop in Spain’s cases has also seen the number of people hospitalised with more serious cases of the virus fall. There are now 9,592 admitted to hospital across Spain, 155 fewer than the day before, and 2,292 patients in intensive care units, 31 less than on Monday.
Across the country, the number of intensive care beds occupied by those with the virus remains high, at 22.9 per cent, Madrid’s having the highest occupancy rate of intensive care units in the country at 44.2 per cent.