The fifth wave of the covid continues to decline in Catalonia, with a risk of regrowth already close to 100 points and the positivity of the tests below 4%, although it is difficult to empty the hospitals, which this Monday registered a slight rebound in hospitalizations.
According to the data updated this Monday by the Department of Health, today there are 959 hospitalized for covid, 25 more than on Sunday, although the ucis have three fewer patients (321).
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The risk of regrowth falls to 111 points, already close to the threshold of 100 that indicates high risk and in the same records as those before Sant Joan, while positivity – the percentage of CRP and antigen test with a positive result – it continues to decrease below 4% (3.85%).
Although this past Sunday no deaths from the coronavirus were reported, this Monday 14 deaths have been reported (23,561 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic), although in general mortality continues to decline to 75 weekly deaths (an average of 10 daily).
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Regarding infections, Catalonia has dropped below the 5,000 weekly barrier and stands at 4,738 cases, an average of 676 daily diagnoses,
Since the beginning of the epidemic, a total of 968,488 people have been diagnosed with covid-19 by all kinds of tests in Catalonia, 364 of them in the last 24 hours.
The pressure continues to plummet in primary care centers, which registered 919 visits due to covid this past Sunday, which has led the Department of Health to resume testing all close contacts of a positive on Monday, whether or not they have symptoms.
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According to the new protocol, those affected will have to undergo a PCR between days 4 and 6 after contact with the positive, whether they are vaccinated or not, although the former will be exempt from quarantining if they test negative.
In the school environment, vaccinated students will carry out an antigen test in the pharmacy -they will also be exempt from confinement in case of negative-, while those who have not completed the regimen or do not have any punctures will follow the same protocol as the general population : PCR and quarantine for 10 days.
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The risk of regrowth (EPG), an index that measures the growth potential of the epidemic, continues to decline and is 111 points, already close to the threshold of 100 that indicates high risk and in the same records as those before Sant Joan , when he started to climb the fifth wave.
The speed of spread of the virus (Rt) is still low, 0.75, which means that every 100 infected infect an average of 75 people.
The cumulative incidence of cases confirmed by PCR or 7-day antigen test per 100,000 inhabitants (IA7) continues to decline and today stands at 60 cases.
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