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Coronavirus in Spain (25 Oct) – over 5m cases since the start of the pandemic

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Report below updated in Spain at 19h on Mon 25 Oct 

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Monday 25 October for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 5,002,217. This is an overall increase of 4,485 against the figure released on Friday, of which 496 have been registered in the past 24 hours.

Friday had seen an overall increase of 2,556 over Thursday, of which 1,212 were registered in 24 hours

The overall incidence rate across Spain has risen by two points to 46.38 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – the fourth consecutive rise. On Friday it was 44.49 and Thursday 43.26. The region with the lowest incidence rate is Galicia at 14. It is at its highest in the Basque Country at 72. See below for the incidence rate for each region.

There have now been 22,009 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 5,002,217. The figure for the past 7 days is 11,351

There are currently 1,799 people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Spain (previously 1,730), representing a 1.47% occupation of hospital beds across Spain (1.41%). 437 are in intensive care (435), representing 4.80% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid patients across Spain (4.78%).

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Monday 25 Oct is now 87,186 – an increase of 54 since Friday.

Increase in infections per region & current incidence rate

Of the 496 new infections to have only been registered in the past 24 hours (and current incidence rate) on Monday 25 Oct, the numbers per region are as follows:

  • 106 in the Basque Country (current incidence rate: 72)
  • 73 in the Canary Islands (42)
  • 60 in Catalonia (61)
  • 59 in Madrid (49)
  • 30 in Castilla y León (47)
  • 26 in the Balearic Islands (66)
  • 26 in Navarra (68)
  • 24 in Asturias (26)
  • 23 in Aragón (61)
  • 20 in Andalusia (31)
  • 12 in Cantabria (43)
  • 8 in Extremadura (33)
  • 8 in La Rioja (27)
  • 7 in Castilla La Mancha (37)
  • 6 in Galicia (14)
  • 4 in the Valencia Region (49)
  • in Murcia (55)
  • in Ceuta (15)
  • in Melilla (22)

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

People sitting at a terrace in Barcelona
From our archive: People sitting at a terrace in Barcelona, wearing face masks, during the first wave of the pandemic. (Edu Bayer)

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (with data collated up to Thursday 21 October) show that Spain has administered 71,275,614 jabs of the Covid vaccine. 37,199,581 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 78.4% 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

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