Latest: Coronavirus in Spain weekly figures (8 April)
Report below updated in Spain at 23h on Fri 25 March
CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures
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The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Friday 25 March for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 11,451,676. This is an increase of 127,039 against last Friday’s figure. The previous week’s increase had been 100,663.
The incidence rate is now 461 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – an increase of 16 since last Friday’s figure of 445. The previous week had seen an increase of 15. The highest recorded incidence rate in Spain throughout the entire pandemic was 3,418 on Friday 21 January. See below for the current incidence rate for each region.
The age group with the highest incidence rate is those aged 30-39, at 534. The incidence rates per age group are as follows:
- Aged 11 and under – 326 (figure last Friday: 317)
- 12-19 years – 525 (650)
- 20-29 years – 444 (503)
- 30-39 years – 534 (501)
- 40-49 years – 521 (485)
- 50-59 years – 431 (402)
- 60-69 years – 408 (347)
- 70-79 years – 459 (382)
- Aged 80 and over – 509 (451)
There are currently 4,497 people hospitalised for Covid-19 (last Friday 4,580), representing a 3.62% occupation of hospital beds across Spain (3.69%). 510 are in intensive care (last Friday 597), representing 5.59% occupation of intensive care units (ICUs) by Covid patients across the country (6.55%).
The official figure for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic on Friday 25 March is now 102,392 – an increase of 689 since last Friday’s figure of 101,703.The previous week’s increase had been 568.
Incidence rate per region
The current incidence rate for each region on Friday 25 March is as follows:
- 969 in Galicia (last Friday: 899)
- 902 in the Canary Islands (874)
- 899 in Extremadura (930)
- 664 in La Rioja (581)
- 657 in Navarra (534)
- 622 in Asturias (501)
- 541 in Castilla y León (502)
- 534 in the Balearic Islands (491)
- 502 in Murcia (483)
- 496 in Catalonia (567)
- 490 in the Basque Country (464)
- 439 in Aragón (443)
- 401 in Cantabria (411)
- 400 in the Valencia Region (307)
- 274 in Castilla La Mancha (241)
- 273 in Andalusia (282)
- 247 in Madrid (220)
- 573 in Ceuta (401)
- 228 in Melilla (221)
Covid-19 Vaccinations in Spain
Latest figures (with data collated up to Wednesday 23 March) show that Spain has administered 93,807,121 jabs of the Covid vaccine. 38,969,612 people have now been fully vaccinated, which is 82.2% of the total population (92.4% of the population aged over 12). A further 24,424,856 ‘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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