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Coronavirus in Spain (7 Feb) – incidence rate falls below 2,000

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Report below updated in Spain at 20.30h on Mon 7 Feb 

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

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The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Monday 7 February for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 10,395,471. This is an increase of 120,818 against Friday’s figure. Today’s figures exclude an update from Madrid for ‘technical reasons’. Friday had seen an increase of 74,937 over Thursday.

The incidence rate across Spain has fallen 302 points to 1,997 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – below 2,000 for the first time this year. On Friday it was 2,299 and Thursday 2,420. See below for the incidence rate for each region.

The age group with the highest incidence rate is those aged 11 and under, at 3,489. It has fallen for all age groups since yesterday’s data. The incidence rates per age group are as follows:

  • Aged 11 and under – 3,489 (previously 4,277)
  • 12-19 years – 2,716 (3,057)
  • 20-29 years – 1,867 (2,051)
  • 30-39 years – 2,528 (2,937)
  • 40-49 years – 2,368 (2,749)
  • 50-59 years – 1,227 (1,399)
  • 60-69 years – 1,026 (1,133)
  • 70-79 years – 1,076 (1,169)
  • Aged 80 and over – 1,456 (1,571)

There have now been 946,655 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 10,395,471. The figure for the past 7 days is 338,765

There are currently 15,991 people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Spain (previously 16,326), representing a 12.83% occupation of hospital beds across Spain (13.08%). 1,838 are in intensive care (1,880), representing 19.56% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid patients across Spain (19.96%).

The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Monday 7 Feb is now 94,570 – an increase of 335 since Friday. The figures last Monday had shown 259 deaths over the weekend period.

Incidence rate per region

The incidence rate has dropped in all regions again, compared to Friday’s data. The current incidence rate for each region on Monday 7 Feb is as follows:

  • 3,139 in Catalonia (previous incidence rate: 3,825)
  • 3,089 in Murcia (3,406)
  • 3,015 in the Valencia Region (3,380)
  • 2,958 in Cantabria (3,356)
  • 2,757 in Aragón (3,300)
  • 2,614 in Navarra (3,131)
  • 2,476 in Galicia (2,701)
  • 2,363 in the Basque Country (2,635)
  • 2,150 in Asturias (2,565)
  • 2,123 in Castilla y León (2,444)
  • 2,105 in Extremadura (2,352)
  • 1,895 in the Balearic Islands (2,246)
  • 1,647 in La Rioja (1,919)
  • 1,609 in Castilla La Mancha (1,743)
  • 1,160 in Madrid (1,276) – over 13 days
  • 798 in the Canary Islands (945)
  • 701 in Andalusia (787)
  • 1,890 in Ceuta (2,491)
  • 1,594 in Melilla (1,916)

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

Vaccinations being carried out at the indoor athletics track in Sabadell, Catalonia
From our archive: vaccinations being carried out at the indoor athletics track in Sabadell, Catalonia, in June 2021.

Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain

Latest figures (with data collated up to Thursday 3 February) show that Spain has administered 90,715,373 jabs of the Covid vaccine. 38,316,906 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 80.8% of the total population. A further 22,274,057 ‘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. ALSO READ: Spain approves Covid booster jabs for all adults aged over 18.

On 15 December, Spain also started its campaign of administering jabs against Covid-19 to children aged 5-11. Also read: Spain starts vaccinating 5-11 year olds against Covid.

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