Coronavirus in Spain (10 Dec) – incidence rate rises 18 points to 323

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Report below updated in Spain at 19.15h on Fri 10 Dec 

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

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The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Friday 10 December for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 5,290,190. This is an overall increase of 17,012 against the figure released on Thursday, of which 10,418 have been registered in the past 24 hours.

Thursday had seen an overall increase of 26,412 over Tuesday, of which 6,808 were registered in 24 hours. Wednesday was a public holiday in Spain and the health ministry did not release data.

The overall incidence rate across Spain has risen another 18 points to 323.07 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – still above the new ‘high risk’ level. On Thursday it was 305.57 and Tuesday 290.10. The region with the lowest incidence rate is Andalusia at 149. It is at its highest in Navarra at 1,036. See below for the incidence rate for each region.

The age group with the highest incidence rate is those aged under 11, at 547.The incidence rates per age group are as follows:

• Aged 11 and under – 547.22 (previously 533.30)
• 12-19 years – 179.65 (173.43)
• 20-29 years – 260.52 (248.81)
• 30-39 years – 340.97 (325.63)
• 40-49 years – 395.53 (380.85)
• 50-59 years – 291.04 (279.50)
• 60-69 years – 333.95 (323.23)
• 70-79 years – 192.90 (194.24)
• Aged 80 and over – 137.93 (138.11)

There have now been 153,298 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 5,290,190. The figure for the past 7 days is 77,977. 

There are currently 5,569 people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Spain (previously 5,479), representing a 4.48% occupation of hospital beds across Spain (4.41%). 1,056 are in intensive care (1,041), representing 11.41% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid patients across Spain (11.30%).

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Friday 10 Dec is now 88,381 – an increase of 60 since Thursday.

Increase in infections per region & current incidence rate

Of the 10,418 new infections to have only been registered in the past 24 hours (and current incidence rate) on Friday 10 Dec, the numbers per region are as follows:

• 1,787 in Madrid (current incidence rate: 181)
• 1,663 in the Basque Country (786)
• 1,138 in Castilla y León (431)
• 853 in Catalonia (366)
• 840 in Navarra (1,036)
• 682 in the Valencia Region (364)
• 670 in Aragón (605)
• 660 in Galicia (383)
• 440 in the Canary Islands (233)
• 391 in Asturias (424)
• 328 in Murcia (313)
• 200 in Andalusia (149)
• 192 in the Balearic Islands (392)
• 179 in Extremadura (169)
• 176 in Cantabria (312)
• 123 in La Rioja (326)
• 2 in Castilla La Mancha (152)
• 48 in Ceuta (270)
• 46 in Melilla (367)

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

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (with data collated up to Thursday 9 December) show that Spain has administered 77,827,910 jabs of the Covid vaccine. 37,702,839 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 79.5% of the total population. A further 6,027,380 ‘booster’ jabs have also been administered. 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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