End of the seventh wave: six out of 10 new infections in recent days are in people over 60 years of age

• Data The first week of August consolidates the end of the seventh wave with 5,830 fewer infections than the last week in July

• Covid Spain overcomes the seventh wave of Covid without the second booster dose with more than 6,500 deaths over 60 years of age

The plummeting drop in Covid infections continues for another week.

The Ministry of Health has registered

A decline that began a month ago and continues this week with 5,815 fewer positives than in Friday's report.

Those over 60 years of age continue to be the most affected group, corresponding to

despite having experienced a decrease of 2,536 positives less than three days ago.

August began with 19,417 and today, in the second week, infections have been reduced by 5,044.

These figures have concluded the seventh wave and leave behind the 84,146 positives (42,997 cases in the elderly) in early July.

As for the

the figure continues to drop with

positives per 100,000 inhabitants in the last report.

The month of August has marked a before and after in this section, marking 475.95 positives during the first week and leaving behind the red light that has reigned throughout the seventh wave.

The Community of Madrid is no longer the territory with the most infections.

The

has taken the lead with

followed by

infected people.

The

for the first time in the entire seventh wave leaves the

and ranks fourth with

(2,061 on Friday), which means that the capital has reduced its cases by 1,382 in three days.

Infections and the sale of antigen tests fall

The drop in infections goes hand in hand with the fall in trouble for the diagnosis.

according to the report on sales in pharmacies carried out by the consulting firm specialized in health management IQVIA.

The fall in sales has been experienced in all the autonomies, especially in

(57%),

(42%),

(32%), the

(31%),

(30%),

(30 %) and

(29%).

This data, together with the decrease in admissions for Covid-19 in hospitals, confirm the downward trend in the incidence of the disease in Spain.

Health has notified

in the latest report, 654 hospitalizations less than last Friday.

Those deceased by Covid have also experienced a decrease in the latest report.

The Ministry has recorded

88 people less than in the previous notification.

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