El Cunqueiro suspends operations due to the pressure of income from covid
Angel Paniagua
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The oldest deceased
At a general level, the greater number of infections has also been reflected in deaths, since Spain adds 619 more deaths in a week, for the 48 that were recorded in the community. The latest data from Sergas has recorded another nine deaths in one day, including a 107-year-old woman from the Pontevedra – O Salns health area. This woman has become elderly covid victim registered in Galicia throughout the pandemic. She was not the only centenarian to die, as another 101-year-old woman perished in the A Corua-Cee area.
Despite the situation of expansion of coronavirus infections in Spain as a whole, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, pointed out that the growth of the covid epidemic curve shows signs of slowing down and indicated that there is a slowdown in the pace of the indicators.
The ECDC warns that the increase in the transmission of covid is causing higher rates of serious illness
The increasing transmission of covid-19 between the older age groups is beginning to translate into a increased rates of serious illnessthe European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC, for its acronym in English) warned this Friday, which predicts an increase in the next two weeks of cases, hospital admissions and deaths in Europe.
In its latest report, the agency warns that, at the end of week 26 of 2022 (week ending July 3), case rates among people aged 65 and over increased in 22 of the 24 countries, which corresponds to a 32% increase compared to the previous weekreaching 62.8% of the pandemic maximum.
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