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Date Published: 20/12/2021

ARCHIVED - 8,621 new cases in one weekend: Andalusia Covid update December 20

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Region sees the highest number of infections in this sixth wave, while incidence rate surges by 100 points

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - 8,621 new cases in one weekend: Andalusia Covid update December 20

14-day incidence rate in Andalucía since March 2020

The cumulative incidence rate in Andalucía is looking unstoppable, rocketing up by just under 100 points since last Friday, to stand at 391 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The region in the south of Spain has had a total of 8,621 confirmed cases of coronavirus this weekend, and six more deaths.

New infections

There were a total of 8,621 more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Andalucía over this weekend, which is the highest figure yet in this sixth wave of coronavirus in Spain.

Cumulative incidence rate

Just before the weekend, the 14-day cumulative incidence rate was 293.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants but has since jumped up nearly 100 points this weekend to reach 391.

Hospitalisations

Andalucía now has 595 people hospitalised by Covid-19, after adding 19 over the weekend, and there are 107 patients in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), eight more than on Friday.

While the ultra-contagious Omicron strain is spreading rapidly, currently the largest volume of hospital admissions continues to correspond to the Delta strain.

The Andalusian Minister of Health and Families, Jesus Aguirre, says he is not contemplating any new “coercive” measures unless the number of hospitalised patients exceeds a thousand.

Deaths

Six more deaths were recorded in Andalucía during this weekend.

Vaccinations

Since the end of last week, just shy of 100,000 more people have received their second jab, meaning the number of people now fully vaccinated in Andalucía is 6,891,564, which is 81.4% of the regional population.

Image: Junta de Andalucía

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