Spain shows encouraging figures. The second country in the world with the highest number of coronavirus infections, the numbers appear to be positive. The number of deaths in the last 24 hours in Spain related to the coronavirus amounts to 567 victims on Tuesday, a slight increase compared to 517 deaths on Monday, although the growth rate is similar to that of the previous day (about 3%). If the daily maximum was reached 12 days ago with 950 deaths, since last Friday, the daily number of deaths is around 600 - with small variations - confirming a decreasing trend, although the barrier of 18,000 deaths has already been exceeded (18,056 in total). As for new infections, the figures are also positive with an increase of only 2%. The state of emergency is currently maintained until at least April 25. Lisbob, the expatriate assistant, tells you all about the encouraging numbers of the coronavirus epidemic in Spain.
The number of daily deaths in Spain due to coronavirus rises to 567, but the downward trend continues
The number of deaths in the last 24 hours in Spain related to the coronavirus amounts to 567 victims on Tuesday, a slight increase compared to 517 deaths on Monday, although the growth rate is similar to that of the previous day (about 3%). If the daily maximum was reached 12 days ago with 950 deaths, since last Friday, the daily number of deaths is around 600 - with small variations - confirming a decreasing trend, although the barrier of 18,000 deaths has already been exceeded (18,056 in total).
Fernando Simón, director of the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), returned to his post at the Ministry of Health on Tuesday after recovering from the coronavirus and assessed the data: "We continue to have deaths, with a downward trend, but the truth is that these are still numbers that we need to reduce as soon as possible. ”
As for the number of people infected, they are 3,045 more than the day before, for a total of 172,541, with growth of less than 2%. In Simon's opinion, "the trends we are seeing are good, the number of cases is decreasing" but "the data must be evaluated with a little caution", especially since in the last few days there have been had several holidays. In addition, it should be borne in mind that weekend data, published on Sundays and Mondays, generally include underreporting of cases and deaths.
During this time, the cured grow from 2,777 to 67,504 people (about 40% of the total number of infected people). "The data that I would have liked have not yet been produced, that is to say that there are more cases healed than new cases," said the expert.
According to data from the Spanish health authorities, the increase in the number of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and hospitalized remained at 2%. "We know that in these two places, in hospital beds and especially in ICU, there is an accumulation effect, so that, although the figures are better than last week, they are still in a situation of high stress, especially knowing that the number of intensive care beds has increased significantly in recent weeks to respond to the pandemic, "said Simon.
Spanish Ministry of Health has counted 26,672 health professionals infected since the start of the epidemic, although there are no data on the number of patients. "A large part of them have already returned to work," said the CCAES spokesperson, after finding that the severity of the disease was generally lower among health workers than in the general population (although 'twenty have died as a result of this cause). "It will be necessary to study later why this was the case, this may be due to factors such as their average age being lower than that of the population or to the fact that early detection was possible in more cases ", he said.
