ARCHIVED - Spain Covid update October 18: infections rebound slightly over the weekend
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Ninety per cent of the target population in Spain has received at least one vaccine
As coronavirus restrictions across Spain continue to be lifted and the country eases its way towards a state of new normal, Covid infections rebounded slightly over the weekend and the cumulative incidence rate has also increased.
Infections
The latest data published by the Ministry of Health reveal that 4,492 coronavirus infections were reported on Monday October 18, 455 of them diagnosed in the last 24 hours. These figures are considerably higher than those recorded on the same day last week (3,829) and bring the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,988,878.
In the past two weeks, 20,169 positive cases have been registered.
Cumulative incidence rate
As the daily infections have increased, so too has the 14-day cumulative incidence rate, which now stands at 42.51 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to 40.95 cases on Friday.
Despite this slight upward trend over the past couple of days, virtually all of the autonomous communities are making good headway and none currently have an incidence rate over 70. The north African enclave of Ceuta, which has been lagging behind throughout the fifth wave, has brought its rate down to 21.38 cases per 100,000 inhabitants while Galicia has the lowest rate in the country at just 14.36 infections.
Elsewhere, the 14-day incidence rate in Andalucía sits at 29.50 cases, in Valencia it is 35.85 while the Region of Murcia has registered 49.03 cases.
Fatalities
Covid-related fatalities have also increased with 56 new deaths reported on Monday compared with 49 on the same day the previous week. A total of 87,030 people have lost their lives since the virus reached Spain, with 66 people deaths in the past seven days alone.
Hospitalisations
There has been very little change in hospital occupancy rates in Spain over the weekend. There are currently 1,851 patients admitted with coronavirus, up slightly from 1,835 on Friday, while 444 people are being treated in the ICU (up from 443).
These figures bring the occupancy rates up to 1.52% for the general wards and 4.89% in intensive care.
Vaccination data
A total of 37,074,146 people, representing 88% of the population, are now double jabbed in Spain while 37,891,519 people, or 90% of the population, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Between October 8 and 14, 497,940 PCR and antigen tests were carried out in Spain and the positivity rate is at 2.23%, a slight decrease compared to Friday but still well below the 5% barrier at which the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the pandemic ‘controlled’.
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