Admissions in the Region of Murcia also increase considerably: there are already 368 hospitalized, 14 more than on Tuesday, while 80 are in the ICU, four more
The positives for coronavirus do not stop rising in the Region of Murcia. Once the 3,000 barrier has been exceeded, infections continue to skyrocket as the days go by. Health detected a total of 3,366 on Wednesday, the highest number since the health crisis began. Of the total infections, 1,123 correspond to the municipality of Murcia, 450 to Cartagena, 193 to Lorca, 187 to Molina de Segura, 138 to Yecla, 108 to Alcantarilla, 98 to Caravaca de la Cruz, 96 to Torre Pacheco, 61 to Las Torres from Cotillas, 59 to Jumilla, 59 to San Pedro del Pinatar, 58 to Águilas, 55 to San Javier, 46 to Cieza, 41 to Santomera, 39 to Archena, 39 to Ceutí, 36 to Mula, 33 to Mazarrón, 33 to Totana , 30 to Puerto Lumbreras, 29 to Abarán, 28 to La Unión, 26 to Librilla, 25 to Fuente Álamo, 24 to Los Alcázares, 21 to Alhama de Murcia, 21 to Cehegín, 20 to Alguazas. The rest are distributed by the other municipalities.
The epidemiological balance of the last day leaves another black day in the Community. The pandemic claimed eight fatalities in the last 24 hours. They are five men and three women of 63, 65, 71, 82, 82, 95, 95 and 96 years; three of them from health area VI (Vega Media del Segura), two from health area VII (Murcia East) and the rest from areas I (Murcia West), II (Cartagena) and IX (Vega Alta del Segura).
The income does not stop climbing either. There are currently 368 people hospitalized for Covid-19 in the Region, 14 more than on Tuesday, while 80 are fighting the disease in the ICU, four more. In addition, 19,075 citizens are in home isolation after testing positive in any of the tests.
Active cases are still rampant and are already approaching 20,000 – there are currently 19,443 people with coronavirus in the Community. The health workers carried out 16,446 PCR and antigen tests this Wednesday, so the positivity rate continues to rise and already exceeds 20% (20.5%).
The incidence of infections per 100,000 inhabitants registers a rise of almost 150 points in one day and stands at 1,665 in the last two weeks. As for the data from the last week, the incidence already exceeds a thousand cases (1,009).
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