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The third wave of the coronavirus does not stop its rise.

Health has notified this Thursday

44,357 new infections

, which exceed the 41,576 that marked the maximum number so far on Wednesday.

18,904 correspond to diagnoses of the last 24 hours;

in the previous day they were 18,500.

The positivity rate is 17.6%.

The acceleration of infections is also reflected in the accumulated incidence rate, which for the whole of Spain reached

795 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

in the last 14 days when on Wednesday it was 736. As the previous day, half a dozen communities exceeded the 1,000.

The gradual increase in positive cases is already impacting hospital occupation.

This Thursday

the percentage of ICU beds occupied by COVID patients rises to 36%.

But in half a dozen communities those infected by the coronavirus occupy half of the beds in Intensive Care, a very pronounced pressure that only leaves half of the positions for patients with other ailments.

The numbers of deaths are also registering the increase anticipated by the increase in infections.

In this Thursday's statistical update, Health has notified

404 new deaths from coronavirus

compared to 464 on Wednesday.

With them, the official death toll since the pandemic began rises to 55,041.

1,285 of these deaths have been registered in the last seven days.

SIMÓN ASSURES THAT WE ARE "IN A PHASE OF INFLECTION"

"We are in a phase of inflection, which could mark a change in the trend," said Fernando Simón, director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, after admitting that, although the incidence of the virus continues to grow, it does so at a slower pace in recent days.

The epidemiologist has considered that positivity has also "stabilized" in recent days, although "it is still very high."

This stabilization will not be reflected in hospital pressure "until at least the middle of next week, if not later," predicted Simón, who has also admitted that right now

"we are in very high hospitalization figures"

.

"THE VACCINATION PROCESS IN SPAIN IS GOING ON A GOOD PACE"

Alfredo González, Secretary General, has also appeared before the media this Thursday, who has detailed how the vaccination campaign is progressing in our country.

"The vaccination process in Spain is proceeding at a good pace", said Alfredo González.

Spain reaches, according to its data, 2.33 people for every 100 inhabitants who have received a dose.

That percentage, González recalled, places

Spain among the countries that are vaccinating the fastest "in Europe and in the world."

The secretary general of Digital Health, Information and Innovation, has advanced that it is planned "that next week the Medicines Agency will rule on the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine."

A go-ahead would make it possible - he continued - that "in 15 days we could have the first doses available".

The forecast, he stressed, is that

the number of available vaccines will increase in the coming weeks and months.

This allows maintaining the objective that "before next summer, 70% of the Spanish population is also vaccinated."

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