Over the past week, 952 people suspected of having the virus have been treated in primary health care facilities.
Suspected Covid-19 cases in primary care settings They are falling again for the second week in a row and although the curve shows a downward trend, after the maximum peak reached at the end of June, 952 patients with symptoms compatible with coronavirus were still admitted to medical centers.
This is evidenced by the information provided by the Ministry of Health, which corresponds Epidemiological week 28from July 8 to 14, which shows that the incidence rate is also decreasing and is 71.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This is less than the previous week (86).
The General Directorate of Public Health’s Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance Report for the 2023-2024 season shows both care for symptoms compatible with coronavirus and incidence since week 40 of last year. Surveillance remains active year-round and will continue until week 39 of next year, after criteria established in the surveillance system for acute respiratory infections (Sivira). A large number of suspected cases have been registered in recent weeks. The highest number in the current season so far was reached in week 42, from October 16 to 22, with 1,092 cases. The highest incidence rate was also reached then (81.6 per 100,000 inhabitants).
The latest data from the National Epidemiology Center of the Carlos III Institute of Health at the national level show that incidence of acute respiratory infections The national rate is 359.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (384.5 in the previous week). In Aragon, the rate is higher: in week 27 it was 466.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In Spain, according to Sivira, the SARS-CoV-2 variant detected in the largest proportion of cases of acute respiratory infections in primary care was BA.2.86 (59.62%), with a prevalence of 81.49% since the beginning of the season, corresponding to the spread of the JN.1 transmission lines and sublineages.
According to positivity The weekly incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in primary care settings in the Community reaches 12.7% (four weeks ago it was 11.5), with 605 tests carried out, and in hospitals it is 15.2%.