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Dizzying rise in the number of infections . The figures updated by the Ministry of Health this Thursday record another notable increase in the last 24 hours with 580 new cases of coronavirus , almost 200 more than on Wednesday when 390 were recorded. More than half of these infections are concentrated in Aragon and Catalonia , which registered 266 and 142 positives, respectively.

Spain lives in some autonomous communities a "complicated and worrying situation", but according to Fernando Simón , director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, the "point to grasp" is that 70% of the cases detected are asymptomatic and the Hospitalized patients have been declining in most areas affected by outbreaks except in Lleida . The average age continues to drop, so has this week. From 62 in the peak period it has dropped to 46 years for men and 50 for women.

Regarding the outbreaks, Simón said that " Aragon has started to have a transmission associated with Zaragoza, which is more worrying because this city concentrates most of the Aragonese population."

In addition, the director of the Center for the Coordination of Alerts and Emergencies has warned of the dangers if the population relaxes: " In Catalonia there is a not insignificant community transmission . You cannot let your guard down. Aragon was doing very well, Zaragoza was doing very well and look at what happened. "

"Outbreaks among seasonal workers represent around 40 or 50% of cases"

Simón has specified that the total number of outbreaks is 224, of which 158 remain active, according to the autonomous communities, "although it is probably a smaller number but they have not yet been closed. These are figures that change from day to day What matters are the macro figures We know that outbreaks among seasonal workers are a smaller percentage, 10% of outbreaks, but they represent around 40 or 50% of cases This is highly influenced by outbreaks in Catalonia and Aragon. Two or three of those outbreaks have more than a hundred associated cases, the rest are much smaller. "

Active outbreaks continue in areas of Andalusia, such as Almería, Cataluña and Aragón. The fruit season is moving and we have to hope that although they are controlled we will have them all summer, until autumn.

"Regarding the transmission situation in Aragon associated with temporary workers, there is a significant percentage of temporary workers residing in Aragon and moving to other areas. This has probably led to the transmission being identified. I believe that the measures being put in place They are going to allow control. They are people who work in an essential activity and it is not easy to reduce it, but other control measures will be implemented. "

"We have to take individual responsibility for this pandemic."

On the Teruel mink farm where it has been decided to slaughter all the animals by testing most of the animals, Simón has said that "we know that there is a capacity to transmit man to minks" but there must be close contact . The epidemiologist recalled that there have been similar situations in farms in the Netherlands and Denmark: "In Spain we have mink farms but at the moment only this one in Teruel has been affected."

The death toll remains stable

The number of deaths in the last hours remains stable compared to these last days. Three new deaths have been reported (the same as on Wednesday), so there are already 28,416 people who have lost their lives to coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. This data excludes deaths from residences and those who had symptoms compatible with Covid-19 but did not undergo a diagnostic test. With death date in the last week, the official count reports nine deceased. Catalonia, Madrid and Castilla La Mancha report two deaths each; while Castilla y León, Navarra and the Basque Country, one. The rest of the regions have not reported any.

The number of hospitalizations also registers an increase . According to the official count, 196 people have entered in the last seven days (176 on Wednesday and 165 on Tuesday). Of these, 17 patients have entered the ICU in the last week and three in the last 24 hours. Thus, the total admissions in this hospital unit amounts to 11,726.

At the European level , Spain remains in third position by number of infections (258,855), only behind Russia (752,797) and the United Kingdom (291,911). Italy and Turkey continue in fourth and fifth position, with 243,506 and 215,940 infections, respectively. The country with the highest number of deaths is still the United Kingdom (45,053), followed by Italy (34,997) and France (30,120).

The international situation has hardly changed since last Thursday. "In Europe it is going quite well while the rest of the world continues with very important increases," said Fernando Simón . The US continues to be the most affected country, with some 60,000 new cases a day, "data that is not good at all, although its detection capacity is progressively improving." Brazil continues in second place, reporting between 35,000 and 40,000 cases daily. India and Russia follow .

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