Last week I was accused of posting too much doom & gloom. I believe the majority of people reading the posts on this site would rather know what is going on around us with Covid-19.
The following post is from Clare Shirley
The blackest week of the pandemic for Almería: 5,000 cases and 40 deaths
There are 325 people admitted to hospitals, 72 of them in the ICU
The figures are scary and speak for themselves. Almería is once again experiencing its worst week since the start of the pandemic, last March. Infections have skyrocketed, the number of deaths has been very high, and hospital pressure is growing day by day.
The last seven days have left the province with more than 5,000 positives for Covid-19, more than 40 deaths and more than 300 people hospitalized. Very worrying figures
In total, from last Monday to Sunday, Almería registered 5,090 new infections, compared to 3,992 the previous week (so far the worst of this health crisis).
There have been more cases, but also more deaths. In the past seven days, 41 people with coronavirus have lost their lives. The week before there were 18 deaths.
The situation in hospitals is more than complicated, as political and health representatives of the province have already recognized on several occasions. If the week began with 207 hospitalizations of which 53 were in the Intensive Care Unit, on Sunday the figures rose to 325 admissions of which 72 were in the ICU.
Seven days ago, on Sunday, January 17, there were 185 people hospitalized, of which 55 were in the Intensive Care Unit. In seven days, Almeria hospitals have had to deal with 140 more people admitted and 17 more patients in the ICU.
In the worst moments of the pandemic, Almería is trying hard to flatten the curve in this third wave that has hit the province hard.
A total of 57 Almeria municipalities currently have the perimeter closure of their territory, 34 of them also have their hotel and non-essential activity closed. This Monday afternoon, the Public Health Alert Committee will meet again to analyze the incidence rate of each of the towns in the province and, foreseeably, new restrictions will be added to several towns in Almería.
