Catalan hospitals breathe again after managing to lower the 1,000 admitted by Covid, something that had not happened since October 11, seven months ago. While infections continue to plummet thanks to vaccination, with an average of 708 infected daily in the last seven days.
According to the data updated this Wednesday by the Health Department, the number of Covid patients hospitalized this Wednesday is 999, a total of 69 less than yesterday, of which 364 are seriously ill in the ICU, twenty-six less than the day before, a number similar to the one on January 1.
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The positivity is already below 4%, below the threshold of 5% that the WHO considers to be able to control the pandemic
The speed of spread of the virus (Rt) also continues to decline and today is 0.74, one hundredth less than yesterday, which means that every 100 infected infect an average of 74 people, while positivity, that is, the The percentage of PCR and antigen test that are positive is 3.96%, ten hundredths less than yesterday, below the 5% that the WHO considers the threshold to control the epidemic.
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The risk of regrowth (EPG), which measures the potential growth of the epidemic, is 124 points, four less than yesterday and at a risk level similar to that of Catalonia the week of July 8 last, while the cumulative incidence of cases per 100,000 inhabitants at 14 days (IA14) also drops to 166, three less than the previous day.
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