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Date Published: 14/02/2022
ARCHIVED - Incidence rate falls below 600, less than half the national average: Andalusia Covid update February 14
There were fewer new Covid infections over the whole of this weekend than there were last Friday
14-day incidence rate in Andalucía since March 2020
The incidence rate in the Andalusian community has again fallen below 600 points to its lowest point since December 22 when it stood at 502 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The region’s Health Minister, Jesús Aguirre, highlighted the “good performance” of Andalucía compared to other autonomous communities, as the average cumulative incidence rate in Spain is 1,460 points. He also emphasised that the rate in all the provinces of the region is below 1,000.
New infections
Andalucía recorded a total of 7,313 positive Covid-19 cases in 72 hours on Monday February 14, which is 2,104 fewer than those recorded on Friday.
Cumulative incidence rate
The 14-day cumulative incidence rate stands at 556 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which is 45 points lower than on Friday.
Hospitalisations
There was a drop of 114 patients hospitalised by coronavirus in 48 hours, down to a total of 1,356, which is 397 less than a week ago, and the lowest figure since January 5 when there were 1,333 admissions.
ICU admissions have also fallen by 15 to 157, a decrease of 56 from last Monday.
Deaths
57 deaths have been reported over the weekend, which is 20 more than those recorded on Friday, when there were 37 deaths in one day.
Vaccinations
In Andalucía, there are now 7,543,772 people who have had at least their first Covid jab – 89% of the population.
Meanwhile, there are 7,142,055 people who are fully vaccinated – 84.3% of the regional population.
Image: Junta de Andalucía
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