Coronavirus in Spain (13 July) - incidence rate 436, in Catalonia 1,014

Report below updated in Spain at 19.15h on Tues 13 July

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Tuesday 13 July for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 4,015,084. This is an overall increase of 43,960 against the figure released on Monday, of which 13,393 have occurred in the past 24 hours. These totals include figures from Catalonia and the Balearic Islands that were not updated yesterday for ‘technical problems’.

Monday had seen an overall increase of 33,932 over Friday, of which 5,046 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 68 points to 436.75 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – still well over the ‘extreme risk’ level of 250. On Monday it was 368.03 and Friday 316.17. The incidence rate is at its highest in Catalonia (1,014), Castilla y León (713) and Navarra (630).

The incidence for each age group per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days is as follows:

Under 11 – 213.30 (yesterday 120)
Aged 12-19 – 1,183.56 (725)
Aged 20-29 – 1,421.40 (792)
Aged 30-39 – 562.44 (292)
Aged 40-49 – 266.19 (151)
Aged 50-59 – 152.67 (94)
Agend 60-69 – 139.85 (84)
Aged 70-79 – 56.34 (34)
Over 80 – 69.09 (42)

There have now been 207,240 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 4,015,084 The figure for the past 7 days is 122,517.

There are currently 4,183 people requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 in Spain (3,892 on Monday), of which 749 are in intensive care (719 on Monday). This represents 8.21% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid-19 patients across Spain (7.87% on Friday). It is over 20% in Catalonia.

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday 13 July is 81,033 – an increase of 13 since Monday.

Increase in infections per region

Of the 13,393 new infections to have only been registered in the past 24 hours on Tuesday 13 July, the numbers per region are as follows:

5,009 in Catalonia – no update yesterday
2,168 in Madrid (last 24 hour increase was 667)
1,386 in Castilla y León (1,135)
647 in the Basque Country (592)
644 in Aragón (376)
481 in Navarra (369)
473 in Galicia (207)
465 in the Canary Islands (394)
443 in Asturias (452)
342 in Andalusia (233)
301 in the Valencia Region (96)
252 in Cantabria (232)
230 in Extremadura (181)
208 in Murcia (49)
183 in the Balearic Islands (0) – no update yesterday
134 in La Rioja (43)
5 in Castilla La Mancha (9)
6 in Ceuta (4)
16 in Melilla (7)

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

Young people arriving for vaccinations at the Palau d’Esports Catalunya in Tarragona during the weekend. (Catalan Health Dept)

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (up to 13 July) show that Spain has received 53,887,158 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and that 48,315,430 jabs have been administered. 28,216,249 people have now received at least one jab, representing 59.5% of the total population. 22,139,864 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 46.7% 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