MADRID / SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 5 Aug. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Health reported 4,942 confirmed cases of monkeypox this Friday, 365 more than those recorded on Tuesday (4,577), but the death toll remains at two, according to data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE). Of all of them, 71 come from Galicia, 29 more than the 42 registered on Monday.
In detail, by autonomous communities: Madrid 1,817, Catalonia 1,558, Andalusia 601, Valencian Community 284, Basque Country 130, Canary Islands 118, Balearic Islands 111, Aragon 47, Galicia 71, Asturias 47, Castilla y León 41, Castilla-La Mancha 36, Murcia 26, Extremadura 21, Cantabria 18, Navarra 12 and La Rioja 4.
Of the patients reported on the SiViEs IT platform, a total of 4,863 are men and 79 are women. As for the age, it ranges from 10 months to 88 years, with a median age of 37 years; shows that the interquartile range is 31-44 years.
Among patients with clinical information, they had mainly anogenital rash (59.4%), fever (55.1%), rash in other sites (non-anogenital or orobuccal) (51.8%) and lymphadenopathy (50.7 %).
A total of 237 of the 3,546 patients (6.9%) experienced complications during their clinical process. The most frequent were mouth ulcers and secondary bacterial infections.
Of the 4,436 patients with available information, 139 cases were hospitalized (2.8%) and two of the cases died. According to Health, this information has been communicated to the World Health Organization and the European Commission.
On the other hand, 3,943 of the 4,942 patients with available information were men who have sex with men. Likewise, information is available on the most likely transmission mechanism in 2,287 cases, 80.6% for close contact in the context of a sexual relationship and 9.1% for close non-sexual contact.
In relation to participation in mass events, of the 3,152 cases with information on this variable, 646 participated in an event on dates prior to the onset of symptoms
