Good news begins to arrive twice for Spain, and it is that at the same time that the arrival of vaccines against the coronavirus increases and the rate of vaccination also the death toll falls. The counter goes up less and less and even some communities accumulate days without registering and adding any deceased to the total.
According to the information managed by the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network, with consolidated data from the week of April 19 to 25, eight autonomous communities reported fewer than 10 deaths, and of those half (Murcia, Balearic Islands, Cantabria and La Rioja) reported even less than one death per day.
They could vary if there are delays in any notification, but provisional data for subsequent weeks confirm the trend, that vaccination is working and also the restrictions that had been imposed until now.
90% drop from the start of vaccination
Although the infections do continue at very high levels, the death toll drops dramatically. Vaccination has a lot to do because it protects against the possibility of dying from the virus. Since the end of January, weekly deaths from COVID-19 have fallen by 90%.
At the end of that month, when the effect of the first punctures started at the end of December, the death curve began to fall. In the last week of January the peak was reached, about 3,722, and since then it has fallen completely, in residences even by 95%.
For example, according to data from the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (Imserso), In the last week of January, 778 elderly people died in nursing homes, while between April 26 and May 2, only six deaths were recorded. And in general, those more than 3,700 deceased were passed to 366.
For what is this?
From the last week of January, what changed was the effect of the first stages of the vaccination process or social control measures such as limiting meetings or curfew. The most vulnerable population was more protected and that made the curve change.
Hospitalizations also fell 77%, but in intensive care units (ICU) the decline has been slower because patients are younger and have longer stays.
The deceased will continue because although vaccines protect they do not do so 100%, at most 95%, affecting this especially older people. And you also have to look at the fatality rate, the percentage of deaths with respect to the total infected in a territory, and according to these data there are still communities such as La Rioja, the Basque Country, Madrid, Extremadura, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Asturias and Aragón that have more deaths.
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