Benidorm, in red for Covid cases imported from the United Kingdom

• Tourism Benidorm rebels against the stigma of high incidence: "It is not true and it hurts us

Benidorm

has become in recent weeks a clear example of the relationship between

, the increase in

cases

and the transmission of new variants. The tourist capital of the Costa Blanca has seen its cumulative incidence rate skyrocket to

, 286 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which has led the Ministry of Health to establish specific surveillance in the municipality in case it is necessary to implement measures control to slow the transmission.

Although this data can be qualified because it is calculated on the census population (75,000) when the floating population is around 180,000 inhabitants, as requested by the City Council and the tourism sector, to this rebound that puts the epidemiological parameters of Benidorm in red, Health attributes a origin: the return of

.

53% of the positives detected in Benidorm are English visitors.

This coincides with the activation of the British market that, according to data from the

hotel

, began in early October and last week accounted for 26% of the tourism that arrived in the city, four percentage points more than the previous week and the best data of the entire campaign.

What's more, the forecast is that November will be a month in which its presence grows even more.

The sector fears that these Covid data will have an impact on the economic recovery, which continues to be sustained by national tourists, which is why they have started a campaign to increase control measures in accommodation and hotel establishments.

Health sources assure that the increase in cases is not translating into

for two reasons.

The first is that the situation in the hospitals is very alleviated - 1.48% occupancy of beds throughout the Valencian Community - and the second is that the infected have received at least one dose of some of the

, "which it makes the symptoms mild.

Imported Covid Cases

However, control measures may be back on the table. The Valencian Community is the second autonomous community with the most

, a total of 59 from October 11 to 22, according to figures from the latest report from the Ministry of Health with data collected by the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network. Only

surpasses it

, with 60 cases. By nationality, the

is the second country in number of positives detected in Spain in the last four weeks, behind

.

In this scenario -and with the restrictions in the Valencian Community limited to the use of the mask in closed spaces, or those where social distance could not be maintained, and the limitation of ten people at the hospitality tables-, in the case In Benidorm there is another risk that is closely observed: the increase in infections caused by the

, which in the United Kingdom borders on an incidence of 10%. The new mutation is called AY.4.2 and is considered to be between 10% and 15% more transmissible than the original Delta version, which was already twice as contagious as the original SARS-CoV- 2.

The Health Surveillance System had detected four cases of that lineage until October 17, while a week later the upward trend was noted and 40 are already recognized. Of these, 26 were confirmed in

, followed by the four that Madrid certified yesterday, all without the need for hospitalization. In

there are three assigned and four in

.

There are also two that are attributed to the Valencian Community, a figure that the Generalitat denies.

In fact, the Epidemiology department has asked for clarification because in the daily sequencing of the virus it has not been detected.

According to the councilor Ana Barceló said yesterday, there is no case of this variant in the Valencian Community.

has been the last autonomy to confirm a case.

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