The figure of contagions by covid is already at the levels of last August, surpassing the barrier of 5,700 weekly in Catalonia. And it is noticeable in hospitals, which have more than 400 admitted patients (405, specifically), and in a mortality that has grown in recent days, with four deaths a day on average from this disease. Vaccination is key to curbing the effects, which is why experts applaud the fact that a third dose has now been approved from the age of 60 once it has passed. six months after immunization, since the older ones are the ones are at higher risk of complications. However, those who are most contagious now are unimmunized minors.
In this context, and with the possibility of the Government extending the covid passport beyond nightlife, the indicators keep going up one more day: the risk of regrowth (EPG), an index that measures the growth potential of the epidemic, It shoots up to 172 (yesterday it was 148) and the speed of spread of the virus (Rt) in Catalonia rises slightly to 1.47, that is to say, that every 100 infected infect an average of 147 people. The cumulative incidence of cases confirmed by PCR or 7-day antigen test per 100,000 inhabitants (IA7) is 73.6 cases, while the accumulated incidence at 14 days (IA14) is 120.3 cases (yesterday it was 104 ).
Two deaths
With regard to health tension, this Friday there are four more admitted, which makes a total of 405 people in hospitals, and six more patients in ucis (a total of 97). Two new deaths have been reported.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, a total of 1,021,269 people have been diagnosed with covid-19 by all kinds of tests in Catalonia, 1,374 of them accounted for in the last 24 hours, while in the last week there were 5,737 diagnosed by PCR or antigen test (AT), more than double than two weeks ago.
The positivity – the percentage of CRP and TA with a positive result – continues to increase to 3.91%, a sustained growth for weeks, and ever closer to 5%, which is the percentage that establishes the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider an epidemic under control.
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