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Coronavirus in Spain (5 Oct) – incidence rate at 52

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Report below updated in Spain at 23h on Tues 5 Oct 

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Tuesday 5 Oct for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 4,967.200. This is an overall increase of 1,801 against the figure released on Monday, the lowest increase since July 2020, and of which 905 have been registered in the past 24 hours.

Monday had seen an overall increase of 4,271 over Friday, of which 385 were registered 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 across Spain has fallen two points to 52.51 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days. On Monday it was 54.12 and Friday 57.91. The region with the lowest incidence rate is Asturias at 15. It is at its highest in Cantabria at 84. See below for the incidence rate for each region.

There have now been 24,918 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 4,967,200. The figure for the past 7 days is 10,319

There are currently 2,509 people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Spain (previously 2,364), representing a 2.06% occupation of hospital beds across Spain (1.95%). 604 are in intensive are (637), representing 6.61% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid patients across Spain (6.99%).

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday 5 Oct is now 86,621 – an increase of 94 since Monday.

Increase in infections per region & current incidence rate

Of the 905 new infections to have only been registered in the past 24 hours (and current incidence rate) on Tuesday 5 Oct, the numbers per region are as follows:

  • 228 in Madrid (current incidence rate: 55)
  • 226 in Catalonia (80)
  • 80 in the Basque Country (57)
  • 68 in Aragón (79)
  • 47 in the Canary Islands (48)
  • 40 in Murcia (61)
  • 37 in Castilla y León (34)
  • 33 in the Valencia Region (41)
  • 30 in Cantabria (84)
  • 25 in Andalusia (40)
  • 25 in the Balearic Islands (68)
  • 25 in Extremadura (50)
  • 12 in Galicia (21)
  • in Navarra (44)
  • 7 in La Rioja (41)
  • in Asturias (15)
  • 1 in Castilla La Mancha (51)
  • 3 in Ceuta (79)
  • 3 in Melilla (112)

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

Citizens arriving for vaccinations in La Rioja region during August. (LaRioja.org)
From our archive: citizens arriving for vaccinations in La Rioja region during August. (LaRioja.org)

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (with data collated up to Monday 4 October) show that Spain has administered 70,279,166 jabs of the Covid vaccine. 36,771,680 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 77.5% of the total population. In a separate report, we publish the amount of vaccines administered for each region and its population in Spain, as well as the overall percentage of citizens vaccinated per age group: Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Click here for all previous reports on: Coronavirus in Spain

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