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Infections soar in Elche by SARS CoV-2 | Radio Elche

The Ministry of Health has just released the latest data on people infected with the SARS CoV-2 virus in the Community with the list of municipalities.

In Elche, the increase in positives is the highest since the local data were published. In the last three days, 55 more infected people have been counted, representing a total of 1,042 infected of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. The thousand contagions barrier is widely exceeded and puts the city in a very worrying situation. The accumulated of the last 14 days is 132 PCR positive in Elche.

The most negative data is that these days it has been counted one more deceased in Crevillent, which means three people who have died in Crevillent with Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. In Santa Pola the figure is maintained at five deaths and in Elche 17.

Infection data has also increased in a worrying way in Santa Pola with 18 more positives in three days with a total of 171 since the health crisis began and in Crevillent the growth of positives in recent days is 7 more people with COVID -19 which makes a total of 95.

Mayor Carlos Gonzalez He has said that these are data that must be taken into consideration and require individual commitment and responsibility since it is a real challenge for society.

It is important at this point to know the level of occupation of the hospitals. The mayor has explained that right now there are 5 people in the ICU of the Vinalopó Hospital for COVID-19 and 2 in the ICU of the General Hospital. In total there are 3 people on the floor in the Vinalopó and 6 in the General.

González has said that August was a complicated month due to the festivities, the rise of Elche CF and the holidays. The accumulated incidence in August is 58 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, which places us as the 11th city in cases in the province. The average rate in the community is 106 cases per 100 min inhabitants, we are 50% below the average rate.


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