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Date Published: 02/08/2022
ARCHIVED - The seventh wave is on the decline: Andalusia Covid update August 2
All Covid indicators – from infection numbers to hospitalisations – have dropped since last Friday
The development of the coronavirus situation in Andalusia is headed firmly in the right direction, as the Regional Ministry of Health confirmed that the number of new cases and deaths have both dropped in the last four days, as have the number of hospitalisations.
New infections
Andalusia has registered since last Friday 2,142 new cases of Covid-19, whereas from last Tuesday to last Friday there were 2,895 new cases. This means there has been a drop in the number of new cases of 753.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 1,585,241 cases have been recorded in Andalusia.
Hospitalisations
Hospital admissions for Covid-19 have fallen since last Friday by 23, and now total 555 patients are hospitalised in the region, of whom 26 are in the ICU, eight fewer than last Friday.
By provinces, in Almería there are 40 hospitalisations, of which 2 in ICU), Cádiz (60 hospitalisations, of which 4 in ICU), Córdoba (51 hospitalisations, of which 3 in ICU), Granada (51 hospitalisations, of which 4 in ICU), Huelva (54 hospitalisations, of which 2 in ICU), Jaén (63 hospitalisations, of which 3 in ICU), Málaga (120 hospitalisations, of which 6 in ICU) and Sevilla (116 hospitalisations, of which 2 in ICU).
Cumulative incidence rate
The accumulated incidence in the over-60s stands at 259.48, compared to 278.78 cases per 100,000 inhabitants last Friday.
Deaths
There have been 37 more deaths from Covid since last Friday, 18 fewer than the previous count, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
In total, since the beginning of the pandemic two and a half years ago, 14,733 people have died from Covid.
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