Coronavirus in Spain figures (12 July) - incidence rate jumps to 368

Report below updated in Spain at 21.45h on Mon 12 July

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Monday 12 July for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 3,971,124. This is an overall increase of 33,932 against the figure released on Friday, of which 5,046 have occurred in the past 24 hours. However, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have not updated their figures today for ‘technical problems’.

Friday had seen an overall increase of 21,879 over Thursday, of which 10,787 occurred in 24 hours. The peak of recorded infections for a 24-hour period during the pandemic in Spain was on 21 January, when 18,504 cases were registered.

The overall incidence rate has jumped another 52 points to 368.03 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – still well over the ‘extreme risk’ level of 250. On Friday it was 316.17 and Thursday 277.90. The incidence rate is at its highest in Catalonia (725), Castilla y León (660) and Navarra (548).

The incidence for each age group per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days (excluding updates from Catalonia and Balearic Islands) is as follows:

Under 11 – 120.50
Aged 12-19 – 725.05
Aged 20-29 – 792.19 (down from 1,047.28)
Aged 30-39 – 292.26
Aged 40-49 – 151.80
Aged 50-59 – 94.18
Agend 60-69 – 84.67
Aged 70-79 – 34.92
Over 80 – 42.55

There have now been 174,634 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 3,971,124. The figure for the past 7 days is 107,446.

There are currently 3,892 people requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 in Spain (3,121 on Friday), of which 719 are in intensive care (627 on Friday). This represents 7.87% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid-19 patients across Spain (6.88% on Friday).

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Monday 12 July is 81,020 – an increase of 17 since Friday.

Increase in infections per region

Of the 5,046 new infections to have only been registered in the past 24 hours on Monday 12 July, the numbers per region are as follows:

1,135 in Castilla y León (last 24 hour increase was 1,660)
667 in Madrid (1,580)
592 in the Basque Country (606)
452 in Asturias (611)
394 in the Canary Islands (523)
376 in Aragón (756)
369 in Navarra (272)
233 in Andalusia (414)
232 in Cantabria (358)
207 in Galicia (333)
181 in Extremadura (247)
96 in the Valencia Region (0) – no update Friday
49 in Murcia (160)
43 in La Rioja (74)
9 in Castilla La Mancha (22)
0 in Catalonia (3,041) – no update today
0 in the Balearic Islands (112) – no update today
4 in Ceuta (10)
7 in Melilla (8)

A full breakdown of the data per region can be found by clicking here.

Vaccinations at the Palau d'Esports Catalunya in Tarragona — Vaccinations at the Palau d’Esports Catalunya in Tarragona during the weekend. (Catalan Health Dept)

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (up to 12 July) show that Spain has received 51,314,332 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and that 47,777,316 jabs have been administered. 27,994,332 people have now received at least one jab, representing 59.0% of the total population. 21,789,996 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 45.9% of the total population. In a separate report, we publish the amount of vaccines received and administered for each region in Spain, as well as the percentage of citizens vaccinated per age group: Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain