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Date Published: 10/02/2022

ARCHIVED - Spain exceeds 95,000 pandemic deaths: Covid update February 9

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The incidence rate has dropped more than 200 points in Spain in the last 24 hours

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spain exceeds 95,000 pandemic deaths: Covid update February 9

While the health situation is undoubtedly improving and the figures are vastly different to just one month ago, the pandemic is putting paid to the well-heeled saying that things must get worse before they get better. So it has been with previous waves, where fatalities peak just as infections begin to subside. And so it is now, as Covid-related deaths in Spain have sadly surpassed the 95,000-mark on Wednesday February 9.

Nevertheless, the fact that hospital pressure and daily cases are reducing at a steady rate can’t be ignored, an improvement which has prompted the Spanish government to relax restrictions once more and remove the requirement for people to wear masks on the street. In addition, in a salute to the success of the vaccination campaign, the residents and staff of nursing homes where more than 80% of people have been double jabbed will no longer have to use face coverings from February 10.

Cumulative incidence rate

The 14-day incidence rate has dropped a further 201 points overnight to stand at 1,692 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Wednesday, another new low since figures began rising at a similar rate before Christmas. Moreover, the incidence at seven days is well below half of this number (604), a strong indication that the situation should improve further in the coming days.

The autonomous communities have seen a considerable reshuffle this week and the Region of Murcia now has the highest 14-day rate, although the number of daily infections is dropping steadily.

As has been the case for several weeks, Andalucía is faring the best with just 567 cases, followed by the Canary Islands, with 689. The Valencian Community remains in the middle of the pack, with 2,445 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, still significantly above the national average.

News emerged yesterday that the paediatric vaccination campaign is producing lukewarm results, with numbers far off the forecasted 70% inoculations, so it comes as little surprise that children under the age of 11 continue to have the highest incidence rate, at 2,795 cases.

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Coronavirus infections

The autonomous communities notified the Ministry of Health of a further 62,839 cases on Wednesday, far lower than the 86,222 infections registered on the same day last week.

With a total of 802,004 positives in the last two weeks, the overall number of Covid infections since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 10,502,141.

Hospitalisations and fatalities

Catalonia leads the hospital occupancy rate per 100,000 inhabitants, with 49.02 points, followed by Aragon, with 42.95.

In Spain in general, this indicator continues to improve with a national average of 30.43 points, two fewer than yesterday.

The number of intensive care beds occupied by coronavirus patients has also fallen to 18.12%, a slight decrease of one point compared to Tuesday’s figures. Catalonia once again is performing worst, with an occupancy of 35.96%.

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There are currently 14,440 patients hospitalised with Covid across Spain (down from 15,206 yesterday) with 1,700 people being treated for more serious illnesses in the country’s ICUs (down from 1,768).

In the last 24 hours, 1,396 people have been admitted to hospital while 2,060 patients were discharged.

The Ministry has registered another 282 Covid-related fatalities on February 9, compared with 224 last Wednesday, which brings the overall death toll since the health crisis began to 95,213.

In the last seven days, 812 deaths have been reported throughout the country, with the Valencian Community registering 128 and Andalucía, 112.

Vaccination data

As of February 9, a total of 38,360,610 people, representing 90.9% of the population, are double jabbed while 39,139,608 people (92.8%) have received their first jab.

After getting off to a flying start before Christmas, the vaccination of children aged between 5 and 11 has lost steam, and currently, just 55.6% of these youngsters have received their first vaccine.

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