The covid continues to rise in Spain, but hospitalizations decrease


  • The ‘conseller’ Argimon sees a seventh wave “probable”, although he ignores its virulence

  • This Friday the incidence in those over 60 has increased again

With the rising indicators In recent weeks, many experts believe that the seventh wave has already begun. The cumulative incidence in the last 14 days among groups over 60 years of age it has risen again today and has been placed in the 676 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. Yes indeed, hospitalizations have decreased slightly (one tenth less, up to 5.1%) and the ucis due to covid (which went from 4% to 3.6% yesterday).

Even so, admissions for covid have risen globally in Spain during the last month, despite the fact that in communities like Catalonia this has not been the case. According to figures from the Ministry of Health, today there are 31 people with coronavirus in ICUs throughout the territory, the lowest figure of the entire pandemic. In hospital wards, 940.

The ‘conseller’ of Health, Joseph Maria Argimon, considers it “likely” that there will be a seventh wave of covid-19, but this Friday he has warned that neither “when” it will occur nor “how virulent” it will be predictable. The epidemiologist at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital Magda Campins believes that this new wave, which she assumes will occur, will be much less intense than the previous ones.

In an attention to the media in Granollers, Argimon has opted to continue “normalizing everyday life” while maintaining surveillance of the virus. The ‘conseller’ believes that the number of cases “is not the most important” when it comes to monitoring the current situation, but its seriousness and the “repercussion” they have on the plants and on the ICUs of hospitals.

In addition, the ‘conseller’ warned yesterday that the pandemic “is giving a truce, but it’s here” and that there are still many aspects of the virus that remain unknown.

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Catalonia is registering a increase in cases in recent days. Restrictions are practically non-existent at the moment: the mask it is only mandatory in transport and in health centers or residences. This is shown by the update of covid-19 data, although now tests are not carried out on the general population, so the reading of the indicators cannot be as it was a few months ago.

It is also certified by the Computational Biology and Complex Systems Group (Biocomsc) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). According to one of his researchersEnric Alvarez, For several weeks there has been an increase in cases and hospitalizations in the emergency room or ward that at the moment is not noticeable in the ICUs.

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Asked about this situation, the ‘minister’ Argimon stated that it is “very important” to be attentive to the most serious and critical patients and pointed out that the number of people in the ICUs has remained stable in recent days. Argimon has stressed that the evolution of the pandemic must be monitored day by day through the sentinel system that they are implementing.

The head of Health has recalled that the pandemic is not over and that we have to see what happens in the coming months, especially from autumn, given that coronavirus is a seasonal virus.


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