The data updated and disseminated this Monday by the Ministry of Health reveals 855 new infections in the last 24 hours, 67 fewer than on Friday, the day 922 were reported. Half of them are concentrated in Aragon (474); followed by Navarra (94) and the Basque Country (76).

Despite this slight decrease, the dizzying increase in cases due to outbreaks during the last two weeks is evident. Specifically, on July 13, 164 cases were registered. Therefore, the 855 positives this Monday quintupled those of 14 days ago.

Castilla and León report two of these deaths; and Andalusia and the Basque Country, one. The rest of the Communities have not reported any deaths during this period of time.

The number of hospitalizations does not stop growing. The official count has reported 347 admissions in the last seven days (Friday 327), a figure quite far from that provided two weeks ago, when the official count reported that between July 6 and 13, 146 people had required hospital admission . Of these, 12 patients have entered the ICU and five in the last hours. Thus, the total admissions in this hospital unit amounts to 11,748.

At the European level, Spain remains in third position by number of infections (278,782) , only behind Russia (812,485) and the United Kingdom (299,426). Italy and Turkey continue in fourth and fifth position, with 246,118 and 225,173 infections, respectively. The country with the highest number of deaths is still the United Kingdom (45,752), followed by Italy (35,107) and France (30,192).

"I don't know if it's a second wave"

"We have 361 active outbreaks involving 4,100 cases and an evolution similar to what we have observed in the last two or three weeks," explained Fernando Simón. "I do not know if we are in a second wave or not. Even if it were a second wave, it would not be homogeneous throughout the Peninsula either . It is difficult to assess. Italy is in a situation similar to ours", concentrated "in two autonomous communities, Aragon and Catalonia, which represent between the two about 60% of the cases, a little more than 50% ".

The seven deceased "is a good sign of evolution, although we would prefer it to be zero," said the expert. "About 60% of the cases are asymptomatic , which indicates to us that we are making a significant effort to detect it, as is the fact that the average age continues to drop. Of the infected, women have an average of 43 years. And men, 40 ".

Simón has given as an example Aragón, Cataluña, Andalucía or Madrid as the communities in which the hospitalized increase "significantly" . "Although they are not many, in some autonomous communities it is increasing significantly. It does not imply significant pressure or stress on the system, but we must be vigilant."

"The evolution of asymptomatic cases is not the same in all communities either. There is a decrease in the number of asymptomatic in Madrid and Murcia. We cannot give an explanation right now in two or three regions of the percentage of asymptomatic , which continues to grow in others, does not increase ".

Differences between communities

The characteristics of the regrowth are "different", according to each community. "There are around 100 cases imported weekly . In some they are related to irregular immigration, in patera. But we also have from international flights : 195 cases have entered 140 flights. Most of the flights have brought only one infected person. The areas with the highest incidence are Latin America, the United States and also few from Germany or the United Kingdom. "

"We are making a very large detection effort, which makes the comparison with other countries complicated. Unfortunately, the information that is available right now does not allow us to give much more data." Fernando Simón has pointed out that in some cases "it seems that the symptoms were present before traveling . " It has also happened to Spaniards traveling abroad. "We must make a call to our compatriots not only so that they do not generate internal or external problems."

Aragon is one of the most affected autonomous communities. "You have to continue making a very important diagnostic effort and I think you are doing it well. When you make a detection effort, and you think that others are not doing it, maybe it is not funny. We understand that all the communities are doing the same effort. Yes, it is true that where an outbreak is detected, the effort is amplified. "

"The measures taken by Belgium seem good to me if they consider them appropriate. If they recommend not coming to Spain, I appreciate it. It is a problem they take away from us . The UK decision "discourages people from coming from the UK. Not in all parts of the country they are in the same situation, just as in Spain not all areas are in the same situation".

The outbreaks related to nightlife "are creating a problem for the entire country." In some "population groups the guard has been let down, it must be said clearly. We must be careful because they are difficult populations to control. The vast majority of the population behaves correctly, but it is true that some specific groups, and probably not throughout the day, but in specific moments, they lose the tension ".

As he explained, the follow-up of the contacts "means that the incidence of the coronavirus in Spain has increased, so it is not comparable to what we observed months ago." And it "hopes" that other countries are doing it. "The truth is that we cannot compare. The only information that can help us a little, not much, is lethality. In our country it is gradually decreasing . This implies that we are detecting much more and the cases are milder."

Major outbreaks "appear" to be identified. "There is no outbreak that attracts attention like that of the temps. We detected many more than before. So it is difficult to compare what we are seeing now with what we detected when we had a much lower stopping capacity."

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