- A minutes silence as doctor dies from virus in Valencia
- The Community has 658 medical staff infected by coronavirus at the moment
Minister of Health, Ana Barceló, has updated the data on the spread of the coronavirus in the Community at a press conference in which she also announced the move of the entire Valencian territory to phase 1.
She warned that we must not let our guard down as new infections and deaths continue to occur. Indeed, in the last 24 hours, 37 new cases and nine deaths have been confirmed. One of those who died was a doctor from the General Hospital of Valencia.
By province the new infections were registered, 22 in Valencia, 10 in Alicante and 5 in Castellón. Half of the deaths deaths have been in nursing homes. By province, there have been six in Valencia, 1 in Alicante and 1 in Castellón.
The good news is that discharges continue to increase and now account for 70% of all cases. Thus, in the last 24 hours there have been 53 new discharges, so that the total number of people recovered in the Region is 9,761.
Incoming patients also decreased, 25 less than yesterday, nine less in the ICU. There are now a total of 367 people hospitalised with covid-19 in the Valencian Community, and just 58 in ICU. By provinces, in Castellón there are 30 people admitted, of which 5 are in the ICU; in Alicante there are 105 people admitted, 31 in the ICU; in Valencia there are 232 hospitalised, 22 in the ICU.
Health personnel are being hit hard by the pandemic with 658 currently either hospitalised or self-isolating for having tested positive.
The consellera also highlighted that outbreaks have been cured in seven care homes since yesterday, so right now there are cases in 86 Valencian nursing homes: 43 in Valencia, 32 in Alicante and 11 in Castellón. In addition, there are 28 residences under direct surveillance due to the virulence of the outbreak.
National Deaths and New Cases
The number of deaths in Spain fell to 102 on Saturday, the lowest figure in two months, while there was a total of 539 new infections detected in the last 24 hours
The number of daily fatalities related to the coronavirus came in at 102 on Saturday, the lowest figure since March 18, just four days after the state of alarm was introduced in a bid to slow the spread of the virus. The number of deaths registered on Friday was 138. According to data released today by the Health Ministry, fatalities related to Covid-19 in Spain now stand at 27,563.
The total number of cases that have been detected in Spain via the more reliable PRC tests currently stands at 230,698, which is an increase of 539 new cases since yesterday – a rise of 0.32% on the total.
Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministry’s Coordination Center for Health Alerts, said that not all of these were new cases, but rather had been detected thanks to an increase in testing.
Deaths in Care Homes
The Madrid regional government has put the number of Covid-19-related deaths in care residences at 5,909 since March 8, with an additional 23 fatalities having been registered over the last four days. The total number of deaths in the 475 senior residences in the region, and the 235 homes for those with disabilities or mental illnesses, is 7,690, meaning that 76.84% of these deaths are related to the coronavirus.
