Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Spain

The incidence of COVID-19 in Spain is at 151 cases per 100,000 people.what does it mean An increase of 10.3 percent compared to last week (136.9).This is evidenced by data from the Spanish Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (SiVIRA), which belongs to the Carlos III Institute of Health (ISCIII).

These data suggest that stabilization process cases that started in the previous week. Although the increase was 9 percent then, the increase was 60 percent from the previous week.

At the syndromic level incidence of acute respiratory infections (IRA) at the national level is 432.8 cases/100,000 inhabitants (432 cases in the previous week). flu incidence – 9.3 cases/100,000 inhabitants (8.3 cases in the previous week), bronchiolitis – 1.2 cases/100,000 inhabitants (1.3 cases in the previous week).

He positivity rate is 0.2 percent for influenza (0.5% in the previous week), 34.9 percent for SARS-CoV-2 (31.7% in the previous week) and 0 percent for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (0.2% in the previous week).

General, The incidence of influenza is estimated at 0.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. (2.2 cases/100,000 inhabitants in the previous week), reaching baseline values ​​from the week of February 5 to 11 of this year. For RSV, the incidence rate is 0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (0.9 cases/100,000 h in the previous week).

INCIDENCE IN HOSPITALS

On the other side, hospitalization rate for severe acute respiratory infection (TORI) is 12.7 cases/100,000 inhabitants (13.1 cases/100,000 inhabitants in the previous week).

He hospital positivity rate is 0.4 percent for influenza (0.7% in the previous week), 35.6 percent for SARS-CoV-2 (26.9% in the previous week) and 0 percent for RSV (0.4% in the previous week) .

Estimated, The incidence of hospitalizations due to influenza is 0.1 cases/100,000 hours. (0.1 cases/100,000 hours in the previous week). By severity since the start of the season, influenza-related hospitalizations accounted for 32 percent of pneumonia cases, 5.7 percent of intensive care unit admissions and 7.1 percent of deaths.

The hospitalization rate for Covid-19 is 4.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. (3.5 cases in the previous week). In terms of severity, since the start of the season, Covid-19 hospitalizations have accounted for 30.2 percent pneumonia, 3.9 percent ICU admissions and 7.9 percent deaths.

Likewise, Hospitalization rate for RSV: 0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. (0.1 cases/100,000 h in the previous week). In terms of severity, since the start of the season, hospitalized cases due to RSV account for 20 percent of pneumonia cases, 10.3 percent of intensive care unit admissions, and 3.9 percent of deaths.

VIROLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE

95.9 percent of influenza viruses detected in primary care settings were type A.. Among 1,610 influenza viruses identified in hospitalized patients, 1,594 were also type A.

The SARS-CoV-2 variant detected most frequently in ARI cases in primary care settings was BA.2.86. (59.62%), with a dominance of 81.49% since the beginning of the season, which corresponds to the circulation of JN.1 lineages and sublineages.

The SARS-CoV-2 variant detected most frequently among hospital-acquired SARI cases is BA.2.86. (60.47%), with a predominance of 80.98% since the beginning of the season, which corresponds to the circulation of JN.1 lineages and sublineages. Among RSV detected during hospitalization, 46.6% were type A, and 53.4% ​​were type B.