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Date Published: 16/02/2022

ARCHIVED - Spain registers lowest infection numbers in two months: Covid update February 16

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The Covid incidence rate has dropped to its lowest figure since before Christmas in Spain

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spain registers lowest infection numbers in two months: Covid update February 16

Mid-week in Spain brings more positive news in relation to the coronavirus pandemic as the important indicators all appear to be maintaining their downward trend. Even though thousands of people are testing positive for Covid each day, the numbers are a fraction of what the country experienced at the end of last year, and experts are now confident that the virulent Omicron variant is losing its high transmissibility.

Coronavirus infections

The Ministry of Health registered a further 34,380 infections on Tuesday February 15, almost half the 68,706 recorded on the previous day. This is also the lowest number of daily infections since December 17 when Spain was still a month away from the peak of the sixth wave.

This brings the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 10,707,286.

Cumulative incidence rate

The downward curve has also been confirmed by the decrease in the cumulative incidence rate at 14 days, which has fallen more than 100 points in the last 24 hours to 1,142.13 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This is another record figure – the rate hasn’t been this low since December 23, when it stood at 911.31 cases.

By autonomous community, Andalucía is still the area with the lowest 14-day rate, with just 511.63 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and is right on the cusp of exiting the very high risk category.

The Canary Islands are in a similar situation, with 544.61. At the opposite extreme is Galicia, with 1,790.59 points, followed by Murcia, Comunidad Valenciana and Cantabria. However, all regions have experienced a decline in the last 24 hours.

A significant change has been notified with regard to age groups, as children under the age of 11 have been replaced by young people between 12 and 19 as the population with the highest incidence.

Hospitalisations and fatalities

There are currently 11,438 patients admitted with Covid throughout Spain, with 1,459 people being treated for more serious symptoms in the ICU.

In the last 24 hours, 1,027 people have been admitted to hospital while 1,632 patients were discharged.

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A total of 9.21% of hospital beds are now occupied by Covid patients (down from 9.80% yesterday) while the occupancy rate in intensive care is 15.64% (down from 16.34%).

A further 310 fatalities have been reported, bringing the overall death toll since the health crisis began to 96,906.

Vaccination data

As of December 15, 91% of the population over the age of 12 have received both doses of the vaccine – 38,385,465 people.

So far, a total of 1,853,109 doses of the paediatric vaccine have been administered to children aged between 5 and 11, which represents 56.4% of this population, and 16,878,106 booster jabs have been administered.

Now read: How to get a Covid passport and how to book an appointment for a Covid vaccine or booster dose in Spain

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