The seventh Covid wave arrives, revenues increase by 78% in one month

• Health April accumulated more than 340,000 Covid cases and almost half in those over 60 years of age

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

• Figures Spain continues at "medium risk" with 813.22 positives per 100,000 inhabitants in those over 60 years of age

Asturias and Castilla y León

are the first communities to reach

, according to the Health traffic light.

There

: Galicia, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha Basque Country, Valencian Community and Murcia.

The circulation of the coronavirus in the population over 60 years of age has remained on the rise since the new way of monitoring the virus was established, from the end of March and throughout the month of April.

And this has led to

: from 7.20 cases per 100,000 inhabitants at the beginning of April to 12.84 cases now.

Two key events have coincided in this period: the summer period of Easter and the 'end' of indoor masks.

It is true that it is at the end of March, according to the latest data shown by the Carlos III Health Institute with the old accounting,

and on the rise.

Which indicates that if the new variants in circulation of the ómicron 'family', especially BA.2, have more contagion capacity, there are more infected.

BA.2

, with percentages in the different Autonomous Communities ranging between 70.5% and 100%.

So far, just over 1% of XE and BA.5 have been sequenced, other variants targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for being responsible for an increase in the number of cases in some South African countries.

According to the WHO,

After the increase observed during the first fortnight of March 2022, there has been a decrease of up to 22%.

This translates to just over 1.9 million new infections.

However, six states are responsible for this increase in figures with a growth of more than 20% in cases: Cyprus, 62%, and

.

As

(92.6% of those over 12 years of age with two doses and 52.4% with the booster), greater circulation of the virus would not pose a danger if it does not translate into an increase in the care pressure.

In this case, there is a certain rise in the number of admissions.

The curve grows slowly.

Given that the focus of the Ministry of Carolina Darias and the communities is on the vulnerable population, it should be noted that the sentinel monitoring system of the Respiratory Infection Surveillance System warns of a significant increase in this group.

Thus, in the report of the last week,

is estimated , compared to 4.0 cases in the previous days.

This week the highest rates are observed

.

Asturias and Castilla y León are the autonomies that have hospital pressure at high risk, with Covid bed occupancy percentages of 11.30% and 10.71%, and in the ICU of 3.16% and 8.43%, respectively. .

According to the latest report from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network, at the national level between the last two weeks of April (until April 24),

.

This increase is statistically significant in the age groups from 10 to 19 years old and in the group from 50 to 59 years old, and in the communities of

Likewise, since March 28, 2022, the report shows that

, and in this last age group the highest lethality is observed (2%).

Give the fourth dose to those over 80 years of age to avoid further hospitalizations

While this epidemiological situation is being drawn in our country, Health and the communities have in 'waiting' mode the decision to give the second puncture to those over 80 years of age as recommended by Europe and already carried out by more than nine EU states, in addition to Canada, USA and Israel.

Moreover, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has emphasized the need to carry out this new immunization effort in this specific population because deaths could be avoided.

The European body explains that

or growing viral circulation.

Alternatively, in situations of low viral circulation, the administration of a second booster dose before autumn 2022 should be considered.

.

In fact, the ECDC mathematical model on which this argument is based suggests that increasing the number of people immunized with two doses and a first booster has been shown to be key to

.

Scientific evidence suggests that the effectiveness of the vaccine against serious infections caused by omicron remains high, with strong protection continuing between 80-90% around two to three months after receiving the first booster, although

In Spain,

Which makes them, due to their own condition as a vulnerable organism, the easiest target for the new faces of SARS-CoV-2.

For this reason,

.

This is because the severity of the Covid-19 disease increases considerably with age and the main benefit of vaccines is to reduce the impact of the disease.

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