A third of the total cases in Spain has occurred in the month that we have been in autumn

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After the first month of autumn, the data shows the worst resolution imaginable for that question we asked ourselves in the spring: will the coronavirus be seasonal, like the flu?

The answer is

, because he did not leave in the summer;

And

, because now it infects more people, both in our country and in Europe as a whole.In Spain, which has been on the verge of a million cases since the start of the pandemic, almost a third of that total number has been diagnosed since the autumn began,

last September 22.

It has been 30 days at an average of

.

And we still have five months to go until spring. On September 21, the last day of summer, Spain added

cases of Covid-19, according to the report of that date from the Ministry of Health.

In its update yesterday, that same document already showed

diagnoses since the beginning of the epidemic.

That is, in this first month of autumn,

contagions.The figure for these 30 days is close to

, which shows that, even taking into account that our diagnostic capacity is increasing, the rate at which the virus spreads has also increased in recent weeks.In fact, the half million barrier was exceeded for the first time in the report of September 7, at the beginning of a week that was lived with some optimism for the

schools reopening

.

Since then, the total number of infections has practically doubled and will reach one million, in all probability, today or tomorrow at the latest.The accumulated incidence for the last 14 days marked a new maximum for the whole of Spain yesterday, with

.

To contextualize the data, the Harvard Global Health Institute places 350 as the limit beyond which it considers it essential to take drastic measures, to the point of "staying at home." Spain is not, however, the European country with the highest incidence, despite having occupied that sad podium for much of the summer.

In the latest Health update, which includes the 15 countries of the continent with the highest number of cases,

than ours: Belgium (786.1), the Netherlands (508.7) and France (411.1), while the United Kingdom (316.7) presents very similar figures. The second wave is no longer

a spanish anomaly

, but rather the harsh reality facing the Old Continent.

In Spain, the new situation is upon us after a few weeks in which it seemed that we had managed to stabilize the curve. "The latest data

whether that trend is going to continue in the coming days, and if it could not be rising, "admitted this Monday Fernando Simón, director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies. And now

the flu arrives

...

164,041

Hospitalizations.

The total number of admissions has grown by 19,772 since the last day of summer, September 21, when it was 144,269.

13,288

Beds occupied.

The people who were admitted yesterday by Covid-19 in Spain exceed by 2,257 those who were 30 days ago (11,031).

500 per 100,000

Maximum incidence.

Nine towns already exceed the Health threshold: Granada, Jaén, Burgos, León, Salamanca, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Reus and Pamplona.

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