Follow the upward trend in the spread of coronavirus in Catalonia, where one million people diagnosed with covid have been exceeded since the start of the pandemic, in March 2020. In total, Salut figure this Saturday on 1,000,468 positives diagnosed with all kinds of tests. These are data for the sixth consecutive day in which the indicators worsen, consolidating an upward trend in the transmission of the virus, something, however, that is not reflected in greater pressure in hospitals given the high vaccination. And it is that as the experts insist, the covid seems have come to stay, becoming a seasonal infection like the flu.
This does not exempt the health authorities from closely monitoring the evolution of the indicators, although they do not expect a sixth wave of the epidemic to occur thanks to the fact that 74% of the Catalan population has the complete pattern.
Returning to the updated incidence data, today there are 331 people hospitalized, eight fewer than yesterday, of which 87, as on Thursday, are still in critical condition. The official death toll has risen to 23,991 people since the start of the pandemic, four of them notified in the last 24 hours, with 15 deaths in the last week, that is, two a day on average.
The EPG, also on the rise
The risk of regrowth (EPG), an index that measures the growth potential of the epidemic, grows for the sixth consecutive day to 51 points, two more than yesterday, a risk considered moderate that has not occurred since July 6 of last year .
The speed of spread of the virus (Rt) in Catalonia today is 1.16, five hundredths more than yesterday, which means that every 100 infected infect an average of 116 people, so the infections grow again. In fact, in the last hours 661 more have been diagnosed.
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Regarding the accumulated incidence of cases confirmed by PCR or antigen test at 7 days per 100,000 inhabitants (IA7), this is 24.71 cases, while the accumulated incidence at 14 days (IA14) remains at 45.2 cases.
The positivity -the percentage of CRP and TA with a positive result- is 1.52%, one hundredths less than yesterday and well below 5%, which is the percentage established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider an epidemic under control.
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