The epidemic curve has consolidated its upward trend in last days in Catalonia, where vaccination, as in the rest of Spain, is slowing down its effects, something that is not happening in some European countries that are experiencing maximum levels, such as Germany, Austria, Croatia and Denmark, to name a few. The effects of chestnut They are the ones that appear in the data of these days, as explained by the researchers of the UPC of the BiocomSc, a reference group in the covid in Catalonia. And they are already beginning to be noticed in hospitals, with a greater increase in patients and admitted to ucis.
The data from this Thursday of Salut show the same trend of recent days in terms of indicators: an increase in the speed of spread of the virus, more infections and a risk of regrowth that is approaching the high risk threshold, which is causing more hospital admissions and visits to the outpatient clinics for covid patients. This Thursday there are 347 patients admitted, 19 more than yesterday, of which 86, eight more, are in ucis. The infections are also the highest in recent weeks: 1,277 new positives.
The official number of deaths from covid since the beginning of the epidemic amounts to 24,043, with four new deaths reported in the last 24 hours and mortality that remains at low levels, with a total of eight deaths from the coronavirus in the last seven days.
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The risk of regrowth (EPG), an index that measures the growth potential of the epidemic, has soared again and stood at 91 this Thursday, six more than yesterday, thus approaching the high risk that marks the threshold of 100 points. The virus spread speed (Rt) today is 1.40.
As for the incidence at seven days, it also rises. Go from 36.39 to 37.36. Also that of 14 days: from 65.48 to 67.29. They are promotions, however, far from the d other areas of Europe, and with consequences, reassure the experts, very slowed down by vaccination, which is around 80% of the population.
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