COVID update Tuesday 8th March 2022

Today, the Junta de Andalucía website reports that in the last 24 hours, in the towns that I report on, there are 15 new cases with 7 in Mojácar, 6 in Vera and 2 in Garrucha. There are cured cases in 5 towns with 1 in Los Gallardos, 2 in Turre, 5 in Mojácar, 13 in Vera and 5 in Garrucha. Los Gallardos (Friday’s figures in brackets) - Total number of cases 430 (430), cured cases 421 (420), deaths 6 (6), active cases 3 (4), 0 (99.9) per 100.000 in the last 14 days and 0 (0) in the last 7 days. Active case numbers are now Los Gallardos 3 (4), Turre 13 (15), Mojácar 18 (16), Vera 50 (57), Garrucha 54 (61) and Bédar 1 (1). In the province of Almería in the last 24 hours 203 (762) new cases have been recorded and 828 (1,152) cured cases. 2 (3) more lives have been lost. The incidence rate for the province of Almería for the last 14 days has decreased from 294.6 yesterday to 286.6 today but the 7 day rate has increased from 130.6 yesterday to 150.5 today. Hospitalizations and ICU numbers in Almería 01/12/21 – 294 / 69 03/01/22 – 1179 / 194 01/02/22 – 2290 / 250 26/02/22 – 850 / 111 02/03/22 – 780 / 104 05/03/22 – 688 / 90 07/03/22 – 744 / 99 08/03/22 – 690 / 90 Stay safe everybody.