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ARCHIVED - Wednesday Covid-19 figures for Spain: more than 5,000 new cases in the last 24 hours
Fewer deaths, more recoveries but more new cases in the latest daily Covid-19 update
Total cases 177, 633 : 5,092 new cases in the last 24 hours
Total fatalities 18,579 : 523 in the last 24 hours
Total recoveries 70, 853 : 3,346 in the last 24 hours
During the last few days the official figures supplied by the Spanish government have indicated that in certain ways a peak may have been reached in the development of the coronavirus pandemic, especially with a levelling out in the number of confirmed active cases throughout the country, but the latest data made available on Wednesday morning (relating to the figures from Tuesday) underline the fact that it is far too early to imagine that the battle against Covid-19 has been won.
There has been strong criticism among those living in Spain of recent BBC coverage which suggested that the lockdown restrictions were being relaxed on Monday of this week, as for most people in the country this is simply not the case. The only change on Monday was that after a prolonged Easter break during which industry all but shut down, those employed in “non-essential” activities were allowed to return to work.
However, not all of them did so, and throughout Spain it is widely recognized that if a peak in the extent of the virus has indeed been reached then it is largely on account of the lockdown, and that no complacency can be allowed if the number of active cases is to be reduced rather than merely remaining close to constant.
This became all the more apparent on Wednesday when the latest daily bulletin showed that another 5,092 cases of Covid-19 had been confirmed, far more than the 3,159 of the day before. Another slight fall is reported in the daily death toll which now stands at 18,579, but 523 more fatalities cannot possibly be treated as “good news”, even though the number of patients overcoming the infection climbed by another 3,346 to over 70,000 (out of a total of 177,633 cases identified so far).
The upshot of the latest figures is that the latest data show a slight increase in the number of confirmed active cases in Spain, which now stands at 88,204, but the numbers of new cases are slowing down. This is the highest total yet reported, and not until the number of recoveries regularly exceeds the number of new cases reported will it be possible to state that the pandemic is on the wane in this country.
Another piece of positive news is that the Palacio del Hielo ice rink in Majadahonda has been officially taken out of service as an emergency morgue following a recent drop in the death rate in the region of Madrid. Of course this is to be welcomed, but at the same time another 156 deaths were reported by the regional health service on Wednesday morning. In addition, another two emergency morgues are still in use at the Palacio de Hielo in Madrid itself and at the Legal Medical Institute.
It is also worth remembering that the number of cases reported is the least reliable of the statistics, given that testing limitations have led to some analysts speculation that the “real” number of infections could be 10 times higher than that reported. Nonetheless, these are the data available, and if they are beginning to show tentative signs of improvement this is a vindication of the lockdown restrictions which remain in place for most of the population.
In comparison with other countries, some of which have imposed more lenient restrictions on movement, it could also be said that Spain’s emergency policies are bearing fruit. If the number of active cases first stabilizes and then begins to fall, this places the country more or less on a par with Germany, where the figure began to fall on 6th April, and ahead of Italy, France and the UK, where numbers continue to rise.
All of this appears to justify further extensions to the lockdown - after all, if the strategy is working, why change it? – and it appears that the government is considering a very gradual relaxation of the restrictions when eventually it becomes possible to begin. The latest indications are that the resumption of something approaching normality could be staggered over the rest of this year.
In the meantime, though, the next objectives must be for the number of patient recoveries to regularly exceed the number of new cases reported, and for the rate at which fatalities are being added to the total to slow down still further.
Remember: LOCKDOWN MEANS LOCKDOWN. STAY AT HOME. STAY SAFE AND DO YOUR BIT TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
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Sensible precautions
The advice being issued to members of the public by medical authorities all over the world coincides on the following points:
- Wash hands frequently with either soap and water or a sanitiser gel
- Catch coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues – and throw the tissues away immediately after use before immediately washing your hands!
- If you don’t have a tissue, use your sleeve – and wash the item of clothing used at the next opportunity
- AVOID touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands
- AVOID close contact with people who are unwell
- Don´t panic!
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