Fernando Simón: "Sometimes children behave much better than adults"

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In the week of going back to school and given the general concern about how it can influence the evolution of the pandemic,

, the director of the Center for the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), said this Thursday in a conference press that "sometimes children behave much better than adults."

Asked about a possible increase in the incidence of the virus in Spain due to going back to school, Simón replied that he hopes this will not happen,

."

In this sense, the epidemiologist has indicated that no clear conclusions can be drawn "until at least the end of next week."

After several days in which the number of infections was around 8,000, the report published this Thursday by the Ministry of Health has added

, a figure slightly higher than those provided in the previous days.

Yesterday, the official count counted 8,866 positives and on Tuesday, 8,964.

Ceuta and Navarra have not been able to upload their data due to technical problems.

It should be remembered that the more than 10,000 notified today correspond to the PCR tests carried out in previous days, but whose results have been made known between yesterday and today, and the PCRs carried out in the last 24 hours.

Regarding the latter,

.

Most of these infected are in

,

.

Thus, the total number of people infected by Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic rises to 554,143.

Although daily cases continue to skyrocket, the truth is that the contagion curve seems to stabilize and the cumulative incidence rate (AI) in Spain remains at a similar level to that of the previous days or, at least,

.

Thus, the AI ​​in Spain in the last seven days is 109 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 98 a week ago.

Simón stressed that the data

: "Almost half of our provinces are stabilized or in a decline phase."

However, and despite the fact that the growth of the contagion curve is slower compared to recent weeks, the expert has warned that

.

71 new deaths

The official report has also added

, so there are already 29,699 people who have lost their lives in our country due to the virus.

Of course, this figure does not include those who died in residences or those with symptoms compatible with the coronavirus, but who did not undergo a PCR.

With the date of death in the last week,

have been registered

.

"Although this stabilization of cases takes place, the fatality takes a little longer to reduce," said Simón, who has calculated that this decline will not be observed until "probably next week."

Most of the deaths in the last seven days continue to be concentrated in

, which reports 26.

follows

, which reports 37;

, 20;

, 15;

and

, 11. Likewise,

has nine;

, eight;

, four;

, three;

, two;

and

, one.

has not added any deaths in the last seven days.

again, more than 2,000 admissions in the last week

Revenues, meanwhile, have once again exceeded

for the second time in a row

.

Specifically, the official count has registered 2,132 (on Wednesday they were 2,060) and 1,141 in the last 24 hours.

, with 442;

followed by Andalusia, with 397;

and by Murcia, with 193.

On the other hand,

in the same period of time and the official count has counted

.

Thus, the total number of patients who have required an ICU since the start of the pandemic is now 12,700.

Health has also reported that in the last few hours

.

"The income and the registrations are quite balanced"

, has valued Simón.

The director of the CCAES has referred to the primary care doctors, who in Madrid have already called a strike as of September 28 in view of "the dramatic situation that exists at this key healthcare level", to show that the weight they are suffering "is important".

"This stabilization should soon have an impact on an improvement in services, both in primary and hospital care," he added.

Asked about the strike

, Simón did not want to enter to assess the decision of the Amyts doctors union: "Those who have called the strike will have their reasons."

In addition, on the situation in Madrid, he wanted to emphasize that "it is

, it gives the feeling that a stabilization is being reached".

However, he has warned, both about this community and about the whole of Spain: "

, the return to work, then winter comes, the flu ...".

Regarding the healthcare capacity of hospitals to care for Covid patients, the official count reports that, on average, the percentage of beds occupied by coronavirus in Spain

.

The communities with the most occupation are Madrid (18%), Aragon, the Balearic Islands and the Basque Country (12%) and Castilla La Mancha (10%).

"All countries are now in a phase of ascent"

On the international situation, Simón explained that since July there has been a progressive increase that continues to be observed in recent weeks.

"Unfortunately, all the countries are now in an upward phase, although we (in Spain)

" said the epidemiologist, who stated that there are days when France is reporting even more cases contagion than Spain, while England and Italy also continue to register increases.

"In recent weeks,

" said Simón, although he clarified that this does not mean that there are no more deaths as cases also increase, but that the number of deaths has decreased. proportion of identified cases that end in death.

The reasons, he explained, are the increase in detection capacity and the improvement of treatments.

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