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Date Published: 24/09/2021

ARCHIVED - Spain Covid update September 23: cumulative incidence rates drops to 71 cases

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Fatalities from Covid in Spain continue to be higher than the incidence rate

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spain Covid update September 23: cumulative incidence rates drops to 71 cases

Spain enters the last weekend of September with a positive outlook as the majority of the indicators for the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic have been encouraging this week. As the country edges ever closer to a state of ‘new normal’, the experts would expect figures to fluctuate to some degree, but the most important factor, the cumulative incidence rate, has continued its downward trend over the past few days.

Cumulative incidence rate

The data released by the Ministry of health in Spain on Thursday September 23 shows that the incidence rate over a 14-day period has fallen to 71.86 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This is down from 96.3 cases on the same day last week, the first time the rate has dipped below 100 since the end of June. In all, the incidence rate has fallen by 11.57 points since Monday.

By autonomous community, Asturias is streets ahead and has already entered the ‘new normal’ zone with just 18.06 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. It is followed by Galicia (50.04), the Valencian Community (53.13) and Castilla y Leon (52.78). Interestingly, both Asturias and Galicia are also leading the vaccination race, with 83.5% and 83.1% of their populations now fully immunised against Covid.

On the other end of the scale, the north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla continue to lag behind, with 152 and 171 cases per 100,000 respectively, with the Balearic Islands extremely close to dipping below the 100 mark (100.72).

Incidence rate by population age group

Under 11s: 114.80 cases

12 to 19: 67.17 cases

20 to 29: 73.80 cases

30 to 39: 76.17 cases

40 to 49: 71.00 cases

50 to 59: 56.08 cases

60 to 69: 54.43 cases

70 to 79: 53.71 cases

Over 80s: 72.86 cases

The figures above speak for themselves, with those under the age of 11 years now accounting for the vast majority of infections, at a rate of 114.8 cases per 100,000. This is of course due to the fact that this population is not currently been offered a coronavirus vaccination.

Infections:

The autonomous communities have registered 3,031 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which 1,307 have been diagnosed in the last 24 hours, down from 4,075 compared to the same day last week, but the number does represent a slight increase from Wednesday (1,449). This new figure brings the total number of people infected with Covid since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,943,855.

Fatalities

Despite the fact that the cumulative incidence is declining at a steady pace, the Ministry of Health has reported a further 100 fatalities on Thursday. This number is just one fewer than the deaths recorded on the same day last week, and brings the total death toll up to 86,185 people.

Hospitalisations

There are currently 3,056 patients admitted in hospitals throughout Spain with 867 people being treated in ICUs, representing an occupancy rate of 9.52% and 2.54% respectively. In the past 24 hours, 269 people have been admitted to hospital suffering from coronavirus while 414 patients were discharged.

Vaccination data

The vaccination campaign in Spain continues to be one of the most successful in Europe with 76.4% of the population, 36,259,105 people now fully immunised. In addition, 37,538,323 people (79.1%) have received at least one dose of the Covid jab.

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