Infections skyrocket: 37,889 new cases and 217 deaths since Friday

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Spain is getting closer to one million coronavirus infections and is

.

After a weekend in which the coronavirus data in our country has not been updated (as it has been happening since the end of June), the new report published this Monday by the Ministry of Health shows

, a average of 12,629 per day.

This is the highest figure for the last two Mondays in October.

Seven days ago, Health reported 27,856 infections;

and ago 14, the past 5 of this month, 23,480.

Of the 37,889, 3,750 positives have undergone the

test

.

Most of them are located in the Basque Country (634), Aragon (476) and Navarra (466).

Fernando Simon

.

director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, said at a press conference that these figures show that "Spain is maintaining the incidents of recent weeks, but it is to be expected that in the winter period,

increase incidents ".

"We are not

."

The

, with the problem that this may pose," said Simón, although he clarified that the levels of the past months of March and April are not reached.

The 19 to 29 year-old group is the one with the highest incidence, although transmission has especially increased in recent days in the age group between 10 and 19 years, and especially among those aged 15 to 19, the spokesperson for Health.

There has also been "a small increase" in those over 80 years of age, which is especially noticeable in the pressure in ICUs and the number of deaths.

Transmission is greater than desirable - "it is not promising" - in Spain, but it still does not reach the levels of other European countries, said Simón, who questioned, without ruling it out,

observed during the past week.

"It has not led to a drop in cases and we have seen an increase in recent days," he admitted.

"That decline that we observed at the beginning of last week should be taken very carefully."

"We cannot settle"

"The objective is not to have to reach confinement," said Simón, although he admitted that

, in addition to those of Madrid, that have presented data with more than 500 cases of incidence per 100,000 inhabitants.

"The positivity and occupation of the ICUs must then be assessed," he said, referring to the other two requirements imposed by the Interterritorial Council to confine a population perimeter.

He warned, in any case, that those in Madrid "are still

."

Although the perimeter confinement is relaxed "in the coming days," he advanced, new and more relaxed measures will have to be taken for "much longer."

"Many communities, without meeting the three criteria, are taking very drastic measures," he said, and gave an example to

, as well as Galicia, whose figures are far from the Ministry's maximums.

Fernando Simón has made a clear call for individual responsibility.

"

," it is true that wearing the mask when you are with friends is not the most pleasant thing in the world, but individual application of measures can prevent

taken

"

Simón pointed out that the virus

, despite not having disappeared from our country during the summer, when he admitted: "Respiratory viruses in the autumn and winter season are when they have the most transmission."

He also pointed out that Latin America is now experiencing a

after having suffered much higher levels than Europe last summer.

"If we are not very careful," he warned, in winter they may "raise the incidents again."

The pressure in hospitals "continues to increase progressively, with the problem that this may pose," he indicated, although he clarified that the levels of the past months of March and April are not reached.

Cumulative incidence

After several weeks in which the

of the virus-number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days- in our country seemed to stabilize, it began to rebound at the end of last week and today, finally, an AI has been reached that

a figure that had not been given since the end of the state of alarm.

The community of greatest concern in this regard is

, whose incidence rate is

.

On the situation in Navarra, Fernando Simón indicated at a press conference that "it is one of the communities where the average age of the cases is lower", so the impact on ICUs is less.

He warned, in any case, that the provincial community plans

that will take place in the coming days.

The statistics in

infections

.

Two other regions that exceed an AI of 500 infected are

, respectively.

The incidence in Madrid, for its part, continues to decline and reports 439 cases compared to 451 on Friday.

In

, where the evolution of the pandemic is disturbing given the

, the incidence has almost doubled in two weeks.

In this way, today's official count reflects an AI in the region of 360 positives, a significant increase compared to 191 on October 5.

The

is also important.

The region has already established

to stop the spread of the virus in the area, such as limiting capacity to 50% and meetings to a maximum of six people.

According to Health, his AI rate this Monday is 509, almost double that of 14 days ago: 297.

217 deceased

The official count notified by Health on Monday notifies

to the total number of infected people who have died in Spain, reaching 33,992.

It should be remembered that the data does not yet include deaths in residences.

Likewise, 459 people have lost their lives due to the virus in the last week.

Half of them are concentrated in

which report 86, 71 and 67 deaths, respectively.

Aragon is in fourth place and records 43 deaths;

Galicia, 39;

Navarra, 29;

Castilla La Mancha, 25;

Extremadura, 17;

Valencia, 16;

and Asturias, 15. The communities with less than ten deaths in the last week are the Canary Islands, the Basque Country and La Rioja, which have nine;

followed by the Balearic Islands and Cantabria, which add up to six.

Catalonia counts five deaths;

Murcia, four;

Melilla, two;

and Ceuta, one.

On the other hand, 3,175 infected have been admitted in the last seven days, most of them in Andalusia (531), Castilla y León (496) and Madrid (467).

According to the latest report, Spain currently has 12,945 people hospitalized for coronavirus, 1,161 more than on Friday, when the figure was 11,784.

Madrid continues to lead in this ranking, with 3,217 infected patients, followed by Catalonia, which registers 2,273;

and Andalusia, with 1,644.

Of the 3,175 admitted, 229 have required intensive care in the same period of time and 147 more since Friday.

Thus, the global number of patients who have entered the ICU is 14,657.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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