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For: EFE
Sunday, November 24
Spain adds 80,000 more cases of coronavirus with uncontrolled contagion
The sixth wave of coronavirus infections is progressing uncontrollably in Spain , where they were registered 79, 704 cases new between last Friday and Sunday and 85 dead, with an incidence that already exceeds 600 Average Cases by inhabitants in 14 days, reported the Ministry of Health.
The incidence rose almost one hundred points in three days, reaching 609 cases, and practically all the country is in maximum risk of transmission, above the 500.
The “serious” epidemic situation threatens to collapse primary health care in some territories, such as Madrid, the regional college of doctors warned today, because a 54% of new infections are caused by the omicron variant, much more contagious.
The most serious Covid patients – 19 occupy the 15. 5% of all intensive care beds hospitals in Spain, a very high risk level.
This rate doubles in the region of Catalonia (northeast ), approaches the 25 % in the Empty Country (north) and exceeds the 20% in Aragon (northeast) and the Valencian Community (east).
Until now, the health authorities insisted on personal protection measures c They recommended avoiding crowds and mass gatherings, as well as requiring a vaccination certificate and negative diagnostic tests for certain social, leisure and hospitality activities or access to nursing homes.
Some are considering and others such as limit capacity or re-implement curfews, for which a judicial guarantee would be needed.
A few days from the beginning of the Christmas holidays, the Chief Executive, Pedro Sánchez, will meet with the presidents of the autonomous regions next Wednesday to coordinate commons that stop the viral spread.
In addition, the authorities trust in the vaccination, which already reaches the 79. 7% of the entire population has started in children under the age of 12 years and is reinforced with an additional dose from age.
The over-the-counter sale of antigen self-diagnostic tests in pharmacies shot up a 32. 7% since last Friday, exceeding the demand for the reserves of this product.
So far, 5, 535,231 from people were infected and 88, 704 died of Covid – 19 in Spain, according to official health records.
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