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That the third wave is advancing at an unstoppable pace and in a much faster way we have been repeating it for a few days, but this Friday it has been confirmed by reaching

a cumulative incidence (AI) of 575.10, a record figure for the entire pandemic in Spain

.

The previous record was reached on November 9, in the middle of the second wave, with an AI of 529.43 (it should be remembered that the data from the first wave in terms of AI and infections are less reliable since many cases were not diagnosed) .

While waiting for the increasingly harsh restrictions of the autonomous communities to serve to stop the situation, the truth is that in a week we have risen more than 50 points in incidence and it does not seem that we have reached the peak.

If the general situation is worrying, in some communities it is much more so.

According to the data published by the Ministry of Health daily, this Friday

Extremadura

continues to double the national figure with 1,220.74, but it is not the only one.

Another seven regions have an AI greater than 600:

Murcia

(889.28),

Castilla-La Mancha

(780.48),

Valencian Community

(760.13),

La Rioja

(738.64),

Madrid

(698.67),

Castilla y León

(696.13) and the

Balearic Islands

(637.34).

The number of

infections in the last 24 hours

continues to go through the roof and also

breaks

the record for the pandemic:

40,197

.

It is a figure in line with the last two days.

Precisely on Wednesday the previous record had been broken with 38,869 new cases).

The day before, 17,039 were diagnosed (4,604 in Madrid, 2,310 in Castilla y León and 2,192 in Catalonia).

With these more than 40,000 new cases, there are already 2,252,164 total cases since the start of the pandemic.

The rise is not yet fully perceived in the number of deaths, which is the last indicator to show the consequences of the increase in infections and incidence.

In the last 24 hours,

235 deaths

have been reported

, a number slightly above the last few days

(except for Tuesday), 828 in the last seven days, which brings the total number of deaths since the beginning of the crisis to 53,314.

Yes, it is widely perceived in

the healthcare burden of the healthcare system

, which has been on an upward trend for some time.

The average number of beds occupied by patients with coronavirus in Spain, not including other pathologies, is 15.69%, a figure that is growing slowly and exceeds the maximum risk thresholds (more than 15% is very high risk, the maximum level ).

Intensive care beds, as usual, present a higher percentage: 29.56% (the threshold for very high risk is more than 25%).

In this last sense, the communities that are most saturated are the Valencian Community, with an ICU occupancy of 48.09%, La Rioja (45%), Catalonia (42.38%), the Balearic Islands (41.04%), Madrid ( 37.78%), Castilla-La Mancha (35.98%), Castilla y León (29.60%), Melilla (29.41%) and Extremadura (26.05%).

It must be remembered that these percentages are only for Covid patients, we must add those who occupy ICU beds for other pathologies or interventions and, therefore, the degree of saturation is even higher.

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