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Spain has another 25,042 new cases of covid-19, according to the new counting system that will be in force as of this Wednesday, which brings the total number of infected in the country to 1,284,408, according to figures released by the Spanish Ministry of Health.
Health authorities have also recorded an additional 1,623 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of deaths to 38,118, of which 888 occurred in the last seven days.
Starting Wednesday, health authorities introduced a new system for determining infections, warning that there could be an increase in the total number of cases and deaths, compared to the numbers in previous months, while the number of patients in hospitals and units. intensive care could decrease.
2,481 people have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the last 24 hours, of which 485 in Catalonia, 442 in Andalusia and 283 in Madrid.
Throughout the country there are 20,325 people hospitalized with the disease, which corresponds to 16% of the beds, of which 2,786 patients are in intensive care units, which corresponds to 29% of the beds in this service.
The cumulative incidence level in Spain rose this Wednesday to 529 cases diagnosed per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, the regions with the highest levels being Melilla (1,424), Navarra (1,173), Aragón (1106), Ceuta (902 ), Castilla y León (820), Rioja (769), Catalonia (752) and the Basque Country (674).
Most of the Spanish autonomous communities, which have autonomy in matters of health policy, decided to confine their territories to the level of the entire autonomous community and in many cases to the level of municipalities, authorizing travel only in cases of need (work and health, among others).
The autonomous communities of Galicia, Cantabria, Murcia and La Rioja announced this Wednesday more restrictions to control the pandemic and to alleviate the pressure that is beginning to be put on hospitals.
The Xunta de Galicia, a Spanish autonomous community bordering the north of Portugal, decided to reinforce current measures and confine 60 municipalities in the region as of Friday, including the closure of non-essential activities, such as restaurants and the like.
The president of the regional executive, Alberto Núnez Feijóo, announced that as of 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. in Lisbon) on Friday and for a month, the measures to limit the movement of people will affect a total of 60 municipalities, where approximately 60% of the population, including seven cities and the surrounding areas, as well as 17 smaller locations with high rates of infected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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