Second wave, Spain most affected among the EU countries: 260 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants. Italy records 32, Germany 21

With the increase of coronavirus In much of Europe, one country stands out above all. And it is not Italy. Spain this week became the first EU state to register more than half a million boxes since the beginning of the epidemic. For the past 14 days, you have been recording 260 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, twice the level in France, the next most affected country on the continent. Italy with 32 places at the bottom of the ranking, after driving it for months. Our country suffers less than England (39) but more than Germany (21).

The data was processed by European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc) which, however, advises that classification be taken with caution: the indicator used, namely the 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases, is calculated on the basis of data collected by theEpidemic intelligence of the agency through various sources and they are influenced by local testing strategy, laboratory capacity, and the effectiveness of surveillance systems. “Therefore, comparing the epidemiological situation regarding COVID-19 between countries should not be based solely on these rates. However, at a single country level, this indicator can be useful to monitor the national situation over time, ”the website reads.

The data, however, is impressive and the Financial times He takes it up again by questioning the situation in Spain, which stands out in the ranking with an impressive difference compared to the rest of the EU countries: almost 10% of Spaniards examined for coronavirus in fact have positive results, well above the levels of France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom Basically Spain reports up to 10,000 new cases per day, as happened at the height of the pandemic in March and April. But Spanish officials insist the figures are not comparable. They claim that only one in 10 cases was detected in March, meaning that daily counts only showed a fragment of the real picture. Now, they say, the detection rate could be between 70 and 90 percent.

“How the pandemic is evolving now has nothing to do with how it developed in March,” he said this week. Maria Jesus Montero, minister and government spokesman. The government emphasizes that Spain is not the only one suffering the so-called “second wave”. But if you are part of a broader European phenomenon, you are experiencing a wave of cases that surpasses those seen elsewhere.

In Spain, as in much of the rest of the world, the average age of coronavirus cases has dropped: at the end of March it was 59, today it was 38. For this reason, the Ministry of Health and the Government have intensified the campaigns of awareness and prevention on the risks of the virus for the younger population, which transmits it through socialization behaviors such as parties, gatherings, etc.

A practice that is causing concern – says the FOOT – and the “bottle“: Large groups drinking in public places as a cheap alternative to shopping. The Health Ministry is becoming increasingly frantic in its attempts to warn young people of the risk of infection, resorting this week to Tik Tok and to other social networks to warn: “This is not a game.”

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