With an eye on the symbolic threshold of the 25 million from people immunized against coronavirus —Which would provide protection against the virus 50% of the population-, Spain continues to suffer from upsurge from fifth wave of the pandemic, which now has a greater impact on hospitals and intensive care units.
The curfews and lockdowns have become a reality for many citizens this weekend, at the same time that the increase in incidence currently places Spain at the head of Europe in full tourist season. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) updated with data from July 15, the infection rate in Spain reaches 377 cases, the highest in European countries . They follow him Portugal, with 333.3 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days; Y Netherlands, with an incidence of 304.3.
In the absence of Health updates the vaccination and contagion data this weekend, the increase in healthcare pressure has begun to be noticed in some communities such as Cantabria, where health centers they will stop administering the first doses from this Monday of the vaccine for prioritize track and trace of coronavirus cases, which have multiplied in recent days to reach the 600 cases per 100,000 inhabitants at 14 days.
Health sources have explained to Efe that it is a temporary measure motivated by the increase in healthcare pressure that are supporting these centers, which will continue to put the second ones that are already programmed. Despite the bad data (hospital occupancy has risen to 6.1%, with 77 patients admitted, and in intensive care it has gone from 11 to 13 patients, with an occupancy of 14%.), Cantabria has registered on Sunday a slight decrease in the number of new infections, according to the Ministry of Health: 250 new cases, 14 less than on Saturday. 63.8% of the region’s population has one dose and 51.5% both.
Javier Bocanegra
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In other communities, such as the Madrid’s community, foresee there delays in the administration of second doses, while the region reports 1,539 new cases of coronavirus, 976 of which correspond to the last 24 hours, as well as four more deaths in hospitals. For vaccines, the Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, has asked “a little patience to those who pass from the 21st” to receive the second dose of Pfizer, since the technical sheet for this vaccine includes “that the second dose may be up to the 28th, and sometimes even more”, given the current “vaccine shortage environment”. In fact, although the Ministry of Health is “trying by all means” that the appointment for the second dose “be as close to the 21st”Escudero has admitted that “in July we are receiving half of the vaccines received in June.”
Catalonia: 307 patients in ICU
On Catalonia a “stabilization” in the contagion curve that for the moment does not transfer to hospitalizations, which will continue to grow above the 2,000 patients in the ward and 400 in the UCI, although it is expected that within 10 days the income figures begin to improve.
As the health authorities explained this morning, the accumulated incidence shows signs of a “stabilization in the rise of new cases”, especially in the bands where it had grown the most (below 40 years). If this trend is confirmed, we will still have to wait until next week to see if this stabilization of infections moves to hospitals.
Currently there 307 patients of coronaviruses admitted to Catalan ICUs, which represent the 42.2% of total admitted in these units, they are at 30% of their capacity. According to the Department of Health of the Generalitat, the vast majority of people admitted to these units do not have a vaccine or only one regimen and that the average age is 52 years, with one in five being under 40 years of age.
In addition, they have registered in the last week 25 deaths, although the new daily infections, despite being still very high (4,072 in the last 24 hours), they are descending compared to previous days.
José Pichel
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In Catalonia, where a new curfew in 161 municipalities due to the spread of the virus, the situation in hospitals is particularly worrying in the middle of the holiday period, because according to updated data from the Department of Health this Monday, there are currently 1,683 hospitalized patients due to the virus, 125 more than yesterday, of which 307 are in the ICU, 10 more than the day before.
Galicia doubles in a week cases and income
On Galicia this Monday they have lived the first day below a thousand infections after four consecutive exceeding that figure, by registering 975 cases. There are currently 11,086 patients with coronavirus in the community, more than double than a week ago, an increase that has a similar reflection in hospitalizations.
According to the Galician Health Service, until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday there were in critical units 21 persons, one less than 24 hours before, and practically double that of last Monday (11); while on the ward there were 119 patients, 19 more and more than double that of seven days ago.
EFE
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In any case, in addition to being controlled, the healthcare situation may vary with the data for this Monday that Sergas will offer tomorrow due to the probable highs of the weekend.
In addition, according to the data provided on this day, the number of patients and infections adds up to four consecutive days being less than the day before, which is moderating the increase in cases.
The incidence in the Canary Islands increases to 336.82 points
Canary Islands has registered 610 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, so the accumulated total in the archipelago rises to 69,992, while the deceased remain at 802 as they did not register any on the last day, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government. Thus, of the total number of cases, 8,566 are active (+170), of which 53 are admitted to the ICU (+6), 319 remain hospitalized (+32) and 8,194 are at home (+132).
In addition, 440 people have received medical discharge in the last hours, in such a way that 60,624 canaries have overcome the disease so far as a pandemic. However, the cumulative incidence continues to increase. In the last 7 days it grew to 195.22 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while within 14 days it does so up to 336.82 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Likewise, a total of 1,731,110 PCR tests have been carried out on the islands, of which 92,902 were positive, representing 5.37 percent.
Andalusia, concerned about hospital pressure
The Minister of the Presidency and spokesman for the Andalusian Government, Elías Bendodo, stated this Monday that the current situation is “worrying”, because the cumulative incidence touches 400 cases and above all because “the impact is already beginning to be seen in hospitalizations and in ICUs” of the fifth wave.
“The impact on hospitalizations and ICUs is already beginning to be seen” in Andalusia
Bendodo has told reporters that Andalusia is “containing” this fifth wave “in a more efficient way than the national average”, but he has admitted the concern of the regional Executive, since in just two weeks the total number of hospitalized in the community has increased by two hundred people. To continue keeping the escalation of infections at bay, Bendodo has indicated that “the key is vaccination” and regrets that the rate of delivery of doses has slowed down.
The situation “is getting complicated” by this reduction in vaccines and by the rate of infections, added Bendodo, who has detailed that this week 403,000 doses will be received compared to 835,000 fourteen days ago. “The situation is not good”, Bendodo has warned before stating that it will be left in the hands of the experts “the measures to adopt in these final meters of the pandemic “.
Other communities have achieved avoid the impact of the fifth wave, as is the case with Castilla la Mancha. As detailed by the regional president Emiliano Garcia-Page this weekend has been closed again without registering no deaths from coronavirus.
AragonFor its part, it has reported 550 new cases, no deaths and 30 recovered patients. These are provisional data corresponding to this Sunday, July 18, 2021.
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