Spain record 7,173 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week. The Ministry of Health announced this Tuesday, which confirmed the downward trend in cumulative incidence in Spain.
Compared to the previous week, on 13 September, the incidence accumulated in the last 14 days decreased by 18.83 points, reaching 130.14 cases per 100,000 inhabitants against 149.03 points where it was last Tuesday.
As for the autonomous communities, only Andalusia, Aragon, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Navarra and La Rioja they are below average national number of coronavirus cases. Instead, Asturias (132.26), Canary Islands (170.80), Castile-La Mancha (217.84), Castile and Leon (229.42), Valencian Community (154.91), Extremadura (273.81), Galicia (192.45), Murcia (181.98) a Basque country (151.07) manage to overcome the 130 point barrier.
A total of 65 people died in the last 7 days due to illness, according to the Ministry of Health. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 113,279 people have lost their lives to the disease.
According to the Center for the coordination of alerts and health emergencies, 13,374,116 cases of coronavirus and 113,279 deaths have been reported in our country since the beginning of the pandemic (65 in the last 7 days).
The hospital pressure decreases
In addition, hospital pressure has also decreased this week. The total number of patients admitted by COVID-19 drops to 2,602 (287 fewer people than last September 6) e employment in intensive care also drops to 169 patients (compared to 224 last week).
The greatest saturation in the ICU occurs in Balearic Islands, Castilla La Mancha and the Basque Country.
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