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Date Published: 02/08/2021
ARCHIVED - Hospital patients drop for first time in five days in Andalusia: Covid update August 2
There are now 18 fewer hospital patients in Andalucía; 1,207 and 223 in ICU
The latest Covid update in the Andalucía region, published on August 2, reports 4,467 new coronavirus cases in the past 48 hours.
Also reported in the update, for the 32nd day in a row, is an increase in the cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two weeks, which now stands at 584.3; 71.5 points higher than last Monday (July 26).
Sevilla has registered the highest number of cases in the past 48 hours, with 966, closely followed by Málaga (942) and Cádiz (739), while Jaén, Granada, Huelva, Almería and Córdoba all reported under 500 cases.
Hospitalisations: the number of hospital patients with Covid has dropped by 18 since Saturday (July 31) and now stands at 1,207, of whom 223 are in intensive care. Nearly half of the hospitalisations (473) are in the province of Málaga, where doctors recently expressed concern about the healthcare situation.
Fatalities: seven further Covid-related deaths bring the total in the region up to 10,365. Of the deaths reported in the past 48 hours, five were in Málaga, one was in Granada and one was in Córdoba.
Recoveries: 1,803 people who had been previously tested positive for Covid-19 have been given the all-clear since the previous update.
Although the average incidence rate in Andalucía is 584.3, some provinces are faring better than others, with Sevilla (461.9) and Granada (452.4) both reporting incidence rates of under 500, while Málaga, where night-time curfews have recently been enforced, is the worst affected province with 823.5.
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