• Vaccine Health delays the decision of the fourth anti-Covid dose to those over 80 years of age despite the rebound in figures

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The Ministry of Health has registered this Friday, with data provided by the autonomous communities,

62,695 new cases of coronavirus, of which 29,284 have occurred in people over 60 years of age

, which brings the total number of infections in Spain to 11,896,152 since the start of the pandemic.

A figure higher than that of the last record, 47,421 new cases last Tuesday.

Two weeks after the removal of the mandatory mask indoors, the number of infections is on the rise.

Regarding the current average incidence of infections in Spain in the last 14 days in people over 60 years of age,

Spain continues at 'medium risk', which it entered a week ago, by accounting for 676.43

positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the indicators for risk assessment established by Health.

This figure has increased 68 points

compared to the 608.16 reported last Tuesday by the department led by Carolina Darias.

In the last two weeks, a total of 83,323 positives have been registered in this age group.

Currently

6,362 patients admitted for covid-19 throughout Spain, 93 people less than the last report.

The data indicates that there are 329 in an ICU, compared to the 364 admitted to intensive care last Tuesday.

The coronavirus bed occupancy rate stands at

5.12%

(compared to 5.22% on Tuesday) and in ICUs at

3.66%

(compared to 4.05% three days ago) .

The indicators for risk assessment established by the Ministry show that

the country's hospital situation is at 'low risk', having reached 11.88 new admissions

per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 7 days.

Health determines that the risk is controlled when the data for this classification is less than 5.

As for those

killed by Covid-19, 252 have been reported in this latest report

, which means that the coronavirus has claimed 39 more people than last week, according to published data.

This makes the global death toll from coronavirus in Spain rise to 104,456 people.

Meanwhile,

the positivity rate

, that is, the percentage of people who test positive among all those who take the PCR test in a given time.

This rate stands at

28%, compared to 26.18% on Tuesday.

Given this new technicality, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that this percentage be below 5%.

A percentage equal to or less than this figure indicates that the spread of the virus is controlled, as long as the diagnostic measures and strategies are carried out properly and as indicated by the international organization.

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