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This is the rolling coronavirus story for Friday 22 January 2021

As expected El Ejido municipality is closing it's perimeter at midnight tonight

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207855/estos-son-los-57-municipios-de-almeria-con-cierre-perimetral

Google translation:

These are the 57 municipalities of Almería with perimeter closure

34 of them will also have closed bars and non-essential shops as of Saturday

The Territorial Committee for High Impact Public Health Alerts of Almería has met again this Thursday, electronically, in a meeting chaired by the territorial delegate for Health and Families, Juan de la Cruz Belmonte Mena, to analyze the epidemiological data incidence of Covid-19 in the province.

As a result of that meeting, it has been determined that the municipalities that have between 500 and 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and that therefore maintain the perimeter closure are Abla, Almería, Beires, Canjáyar, Gérgal, Huécija, Huércal de Almería, Lucainena de las Torres, Padules, Armuña del Almanzora, Bédar, Cantoria, Huércal Overa, Líjar, Macael, Pulpí, Serón, Turre, Balanegra, El Ejido, Felix, Laujar de Andarax and Roquetas de Mar.

Meanwhile, the municipalities in the province of Almería with more than 1,000 cases per inhabitant and that are affected by both the perimeter closure and the closure of non-essential activity are Alhama de Almería, Almócita, Benahadux, Carboneras, Fiñana, Gádor, Níjar, Pechina, Rioja, Santa Cruz de Marchena, Sorbas, Tabernas, Viator, Albox, Antas, Arboleas, Chirivel, Cóbdar, Cuevas del Almanzora, Fines, Los Gallardos, Garrucha, María, Mojácar, Olula del Río, Oria, Partaloa, Purchena, Taberno, Urrácal, Vélez Blanco, Vélez Rubio, Vera and Adra.

In the province, as of today, there is no municipality that comes out of confinement for having less than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The aforementioned measures come into force at midnight on Saturday, January 23 after their publication in BOJA. Until that moment, the municipalities remain in the situation previously awarded and affected by the measures corresponding to that situation. The minimum period of compliance with the measures has been established in 14 days.

Breakdown of recent infections in the province by age

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/12/almeria/207875/las-cifras-del-covid-en-almeria-casi-un-40-de-contagiados-son-jovenes

Google translation:

The Covid figures in Almería: almost 40% of those infected are young

Of the 3,580 cases reported in a week, more than 1,300 are under 29 years old

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is notably affecting people from Almeria who are under 30 years old.

If in the first wave the group most affected by Covid-19 was the one that grouped people over 65, the trend has been totally reversed. At least in the province of Almería.

The report of the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (IECA) corresponding to the day of January 20 sheds light on what percentage of affected there is in each age segment among the Almeria population. And the data that is offered is not at all comparable to that offered in the past spring of 2020: the pandemic is no longer a thing of the elderly, it is increasingly so of young people and children.

Last week

The IECA website offers accumulated data for the last 14 days and for the last week. To analyze the records, the data corresponding to the last week has been taken into account, which is when the infections have soared the most, with a daily average of 500.

In the province as a whole, a cumulative figure of 3,580 infections is pointed out, of which almost 40 percent correspond to children under 30 years of age.

Specifically, of the 3,580, 513 correspond to those from Almeria who are up to 14 years old, that is, those who are studying Infant and Primary and the first years of Secondary.

Infections by age in the last week - see diagram in Spanish article

This number of infections in Almeria between 0 and 14 years represents 14.33 percent of the provincial total.

The latest data provided by the Board reveals that, at present, there are around 80 closed classrooms in educational centers. It represents 1.1 percent of the provincial total, but it is also significant that Almería and Málaga are the areas of the Andalusian autonomous community with the highest number of students who have been sent home to quarantine for being positive for Covid-19 or having had close contact with someone infected.

In any case, the Board maintains that there are "safe classrooms" and there are no reasons to decree the massive closure of centers in the middle of the third wave.

Young boys

In the next age group analyzed are people from Almeria between 15 and 29 years of age. They represent, with 806 infections in the last seven days, 21.51 percent of the provincial total.

This segment includes students in the last years of Secondary and Baccalaureate and university and the group in search of their first job. About 100 positives have been counted on the UAL Campus since the beginning of the course. In almost the entire period, the classes have been non-contact.

Christmas has also had its ‘secondary’ effects among the people of Almeria between the ages of 45 and 64. They are the most numerous of the total (990) and represent 27.65 percent of those infected with coronavirus.

With between 30 and 44 years, the absolute figure rises to 818, with a percentage that is close to 23 percent of the provincial total, according to the data collected in the latest report from the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography, dependent on the Ministry of Economy.

Greater

The data are conclusive: currently only 13 percent of infections in the province of Almería are located in people over 65, according to the statistics collected by the IECA for the last week.

Thus, of the 3,580 cases declared in the middle of this month of January to the Ministry of Health, 413 correspond to people from Almeria who are over 65 years old.

The data shows that the elderly are increasingly protected from the coronavirus. Among those older than 85 years, they barely represent 3 percent of the provincial total of infections.

And that protection will be greater in the coming weeks when the group is fully vaccinated.

Stats for the last 24 hours - 823 more cases and 8 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207895/mas-de-820-contagios-y-8-fallecidos-almeria-vuelve-a-batir-su-propio-record

Google translation:

More than 820 infections and 8 deaths: Almería once again breaks its own record

The concern is maximum in the province and all the alarms go off

The province is pulverizing, day by day, its own contagion data. This Friday, Almería exceeds 800 positives for the first time and adds eight new deaths. The concern is maximum and all the alarms go off.

The province exceeds, also for the first time, the 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, they are already exactly 1,031.5.

Some very bad data that arrive hours before the new restrictions come into force in Almeria municipalities. And it is that in 57 of the 103 towns of Almería there will be from this midnight the perimeter closure of their territories and in 34 of these also the closure of non-essential activity and their hotel industry.

The capital was spared this Thursday from the tightening of the measures, but this Friday it has already exceeded the established limit and already has an incidence rate of 1,020.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Which would mean, in a future review and if we continue with this index, the closure of bars and non-essential shops.

A new record

The day before, a new record of positives was reached in the last 24 hours, reaching 704. This has already gone down in history with 823 new cases this Friday.

The situation is also critical in Andalusia, where this Friday 7,816 positives were reached (also a new record for daily positives).

Malaga is once again the province with the most positives with 1,661, followed by Seville with 1,460 and Cádiz with 1,397. Below a thousand infections are Granada with 901, Almería with 823, Córdoba with 583, Huelva with 517 and Jaén with 474.

The death toll on this day also leaves Almería frozen: Almería has added eight new deaths in the last 24 hours.

Since the start of the pandemic last March, a total of 349 people infected with coronavirus have lost their lives.

In Andalusia there are a total of 50 deaths. Cádiz is the province that adds the most deaths on this day, with 12, followed by Granada with ten, Malaga and Almería with eight each, Córdoba and Seville with five and Jaén with two. Huelva is the only province without deaths.

The 30 new hospitalizations, three in the Intensive Care Unit, once again worsen the already critical situation in Almeria's hospitals.

A total of 19,901 Covid patients have already overcome the disease, 142 more in the last 24 hours, the only positive of this hard day.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - El Ejido now over 600 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

The great void of the southeast. Population of urban entities.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site is the sixth in the series.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Thursday 21 January 2021

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site  - Note: El Ejido still over 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on the 14 day average - so expect our boundary to be closed soon (Also, it looks like the count for El Ejido seems different on different sites - I am sticking with the Almería 360 figure)

Stats for the last 24 hours - 704 more cases and 2 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207838/nuevo-record-la-pandemia-se-descontrola-y-almeria-supera-los-700-casos

Google translation:

New record: the pandemic is out of control and Almería exceeds 700 cases

Two deaths and 27 new hospitalizations in 24 hours

The pandemic is out of control in the province and Almería once again exceeds the record of infections in a single day.

All the alarms have jumped due to the high number of infections in recent weeks and the increase in health pressure in Almeria hospitals that this is causing.

This Thursday the province adds a total of 704 new positives in the last 24 hours, 127 more than the day before (in which 577 were registered). This number of infections is the new record for the province, which until now was on January 10 with 679 infections.

Andalusia also registers its maximum of the entire pandemic this Thursday, with 7,409 cases of coronavirus. The community increases its incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days to 740.5.

Malaga is the province that adds the most positives, with 1,652, followed by Seville with 1,216 and Cádiz with 1,133. Below a thousand infections are Granada with 865, Córdoba with 707, Almería with 704, Huelva with 591 and Jaén with 541.

The bad news also comes with new deaths in the province, two more in the last day.

Since the start of the pandemic last March, a total of 341 people infected with coronavirus have lost their lives.

In all Andalusia 54 deaths are added in this last day. By provinces, Malaga is also the province that registers the most deaths in the last 24 hours, with 15, followed by Cádiz with 13, Seville with seven, Granada with six, Jaén with five, Córdoba with four and Almería and Huelva with two each.

But the situation in the Almeria hospitals is also critical and the hospital pressure increases day after day. In these last 24 hours, there are 27 new hospitalizations and five new admissions to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Precisely, given this situation, the Ministry of Health has reported this Thursday that the Torrecárdenas University Hospital has launched its own contingency plan in the face of the increase in patients with coronavirus in the third wave of the pandemic in Almería.

More beds have been reserved than planned, occupying floors that are now not intended for these patients. The transfer of patients with other pathologies to the Maternal and Child, opened at the end of 2019, has even been contemplated.

More tightening in various municipalities - including El Ejido - according to the article here on the La Voz de Almería site (still to be officially confirmed I believe)

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207842/otros-seis-pueblos-mas-cerraran-bares-y-comercios-ya-son-mas-de-30

Google translation:

Another six towns will close bars and shops: there are already more than 30

El Ejido will have a perimeter closure from this Saturday

The epidemiological situation worsens in many municipalities of the province. This Thursday afternoon it is expected that the Territorial Committee for High Impact Public Health Alert of Almería will meet again and that it will approve new restrictions for the towns of Almería.

The Junta de Andalucía has already announced that the incidence rates of each of the Andalusian municipalities will be analyzed on Mondays and Thursdays by provinces and the appropriate measures are adopted according to the guidelines of the regional government.

Predictably, in said meeting it will be decided to increase the number of municipalities that will be confined on the perimeter, as well as those that will close all non-essential shops and hotel establishments from next Saturday.

In total, in Almería as of this weekend, and according to the update of the data from the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography, there will be mobility restrictions in a total of 56 municipalities, compared to the 35 that were initially the afternoon last Friday and 49 this Monday.

Five new municipalities in Almería will have the perimeter closure to exceed the incidence rate of 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. These are: Lucainena de las Torres, Padules, Serón, Balanegra and El Ejido (the third largest municipality in the province).

The perimeter closure was already in force since Wednesday in Abla, Bédar, Beires, Canjáyar, Cantoria, Felix, Gérgal, Huércal Overa, Líjar, Pulpí, Rioja, Roquetas de Mar and Turre; and since last Sunday in Almería capital, Armuña del Almanzora, Garrucha, Huécija, Huércal de Almería, Laujar de Andarax, Macael and Olula del Río.

On the other hand, in six towns in Almeria, the closure of the hotel industry and non-essential activity will be decreed for exceeding 1,000 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. These are: Urrácal, Santa Cruz de Marchena, Almócita, Olula del Río, Rioja and Garrucha (these last two municipalities will go from the perimeter closure to tougher restrictions).

The closure of the non-essential activity was already taking place since Wednesday in Adra, Benahadux, Cuevas del Almanzora, Fines, Níjar, Pechina, Purchena, Tabernas, Vera and Viator and since last Sunday in Albox, Alhama de Almería, Antas , Arboleas, Carboneras, Cóbdar, Chirivel, Fiñana, Gádor, Los Gallardos, María, Mojácar, Oria, Partaloa, Sorbas, Taberno, Vélez-Rubio and Vélez-Blanco.

In the case of Arboleas, the incidence rate in the last 14 days has dropped to 162 cases and the Territorial Alert Committee of High Impact Public Health of Almería will decide whether to maintain the closure of the non-essential activity or only the perimeter closure .

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Wednesday 20 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 577 more positives and 3 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207782/alerta-roja-almeria-vuelve-a-rozar-los-600-contagios-y-suma-tres-fallecidos

Google translation:

Red alert: Almería once again touches 600 infections and adds three deaths

The provincial and capital incidence rate rises, which is approaching the closure of the hospitality industry

Far from flattening the epidemiological curve, the infections continue to touch 600 cases in the province and the situation is complicated. The provincial and capital incidence rates are rising, which is very dangerously close to the limit set by the Junta de Andalucía to decree the closure of hotels and non-essential activities.

This Thursday the Alerts Committee of the Provincial Health Delegation will meet again, which will update the situation of the pandemic in each of the Almeria municipalities and could tighten the restrictions in some of them.

Meanwhile, the province adds a total of 577 new positives this Wednesday and has to regret three new deaths.

Since the start of the pandemic last March, a total of 339 people infected with coronavirus have lost their lives.

Andalusia this Wednesday adds 5,922 Covid positives and 61 deaths and increases its rate to 678.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

By provinces, Seville is the province that adds the most positives, with 1,244, followed by Malaga with 1,217. Behind are Cádiz with 811, Granada with 696, Córdoba with 587, Almería with 577, Huelva with 462 and Jaén with 328.

The 61 deaths registered on this day are lower than the 67 of the day before. Seville is the province with the most deaths, with 16, followed by Malaga with 13, Cádiz with eleven, Granada with eight, Jaén with seven, Córdoba with four and Almería with three.

Hospital pressure

The bad news also comes with the increase in hospital pressure, with 20 admissions and 5 people who have gone to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

If this Tuesday the incidence rate of the coronavirus in the province was 868 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, in these last 24 hours it has risen to 904.4 positives. In the case of the capital of Almería, it has gone from 871 the day before to 903.1.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site  - Note: El Ejido now over 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Tuesday 19 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 562 more cases and 10 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207719/jornada-negra-almeria-suma-10-fallecidos-en-24-horas

Google translation:

Black day: Almería adds 10 deaths in 24 hours

This Tuesday the province returns to close to 600 new positives

Black day for Andalusia and black day for the province. The community registered 67 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest figure in a month and a half. Of these, Almería has ten deaths.

It is one of the days with the most deaths of Covid patients since this health alert began.

Since the start of the pandemic last March, a total of 336 people infected with coronavirus have lost their lives.

Data from the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography (IECA) reveal that Cádiz is the one with the most deaths on this last day with 25, followed by Malaga with 14, Almería and Seville with ten each, Jaén with four, Granada with two, and Córdoba and Huelva with one each.

The daily data on infections are not more promising. And it is that Almería adds in the last 24 hours 562 new positives, of the 3,731 cases of coronavirus in all of Andalusia.

Malaga is once again the province with the most cases with 861. Behind are Seville with 700, Almería with 562, Cádiz with 552, Córdoba with 433, Jaén with 235, Huelva with 202 and Granada with 186.

The community has increased its incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days to 642.7.

The daily report prepared by the Ministry of Health will give more information on the current situation of Almeria hospitals, which this Monday reached a new record: more than 200 people admitted. Of these, a total of 53 were hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Political representatives and from different administrations are sending a double message to the public: social responsibility and that the people of Almeria stay home to try to flatten the curve in this third wave of the coronavirus.

Starting this Wednesday, a total of 49 municipalities in Almería will have more restrictive measures than the general ones for exceeding the rate of 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - NOTE: El Ejido is now very close to 500 per 100,000 - the trigger point for tighter restrictions

 More restrictions for more municipalities in the province - a lucky escape for El Ejido, just

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207680/ya-son-28-los-pueblos-de-almeria-en-los-que-se-cierran-comercios-y-hosteleria

Google translation:

There are already 28 towns in Almería where shops and hotels are closed

In total there are 49 towns affected by the new restrictions against the pandemic

The epidemiological situation worsens in the vast majority of municipalities in the province and after the meeting of the High Impact Public Health Alert Committee of Almería, which met today, Monday, January 18, via telematics, it has been decided to increase the number of municipalities that will be confined on the perimeter, as well as those that close all non-essential businesses and hotel establishments.

Based on the incidence rate of the covid during the last 14 days, the scale set by the board to decide the measures to be applied in each locality, is 49 and the municipalities that are under more restrictive measures for exceeding the rate of 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and 28 of them, 10 more than on Friday, will see all their non-essential shops, bars and restaurants closed when they exceed 1,000 positives.

More than 500: perimeter closure

Thus, the Territorial Committee, which has been chaired by the territorial delegate for Health and Families in Almería, Juan de la Cruz Belmonte, after analyzing the epidemiological data in the province of Almería, has also proposed the modification of the annex to the President's Decree 3 / 2021 for the perimeter confinement of 14 new municipalities, which are: Abla, Bédar, Beires, Canjáyar, Cantoria, Felix, Gérgal, Huércal Overa, Líjar, Pulpí, Rioja, Roquetas de Mar and Turre.

In this way, these municipalities are added to Almería capital, Armuña del Almanzora, Garrucha, Huécija, Huércal de Almería, Laujar de Andarax, Macael and Olula del Río to make a total of 21 municipalities that exceed 500 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants .

More than 1,000: without commerce or hospitality

In this group there were up to this Monday other nine towns that now, after the meeting of experts, will be at alert level 4 in grade 2 by exceeding 1,000 cases per 1,000,000 residents, as is the case of Adra, Benahadux, Cuevas del Almanzora, Fines, Níjar, Pechina, Purchena, Vera and Viator, where during the next two weeks all non-essential shops and hospitality establishments will be closed.

Likewise, it is worth noting the irruption of Tabernas, which has gone from not appearing on any list, has today entered the list of those that exceed the rate of 1,000 infections, which means that in total there are 28 municipalities that will live until the first days February under the toughest restrictions in all of Andalusia, since to those mentioned we must add those that already were: Albox, Alhama de Almería, Antas, Arboleas, Carboneras, Cóbdar, Chirivel, Fiñana, Gádor, Los Gallardos, María, Mojácar , Oria, Partaloa, Sorbas, Taberno, Vélez-Rubio and Vélez-Blanco.

As reported by the Junta de Andalucía, the measures will come into effect at 00:00 on Wednesday, January 20, after their publication in BOJA and will remain in force for a period of 14 days.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Monday 18 January 2021

Possibility of new restrictions from this coming Friday (22 January)

Plus 20:00 curfew is only a recommendation - central government has not allowed Andalucía to mandate it

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/18/actualidad/207643/este-viernes-habra-nuevas-restricciones-en-andalucia-si-no-se-contiene-el-virus

Google translation:

This Friday there will be new restrictions in Andalusia if the virus is not contained

The vice president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Marín, warns of a possible hardening

New notice from the Junta de Andalucía. If the virus is not contained during these days, on Friday there will be new measures and restrictions to 'fence' the advance of the coronavirus and the rapid increase in infections experienced in the community in recent days.

This was stated this Monday by the vice president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Marín, who warns that in the coming days tougher restrictions could come to the community. "The results of the new measures will not be seen until after 14 or 21 days, but if this week is not contained, there will be new measures on Friday," he said.

In interviews on Cadena SER and Canal Sur Televisión, Juan Marín has warned that the closure of certain activities could be decreed "depending on how the Covid is responding" once the committee of experts analyzes the situation next Friday, since As reported last week by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, the Advisory Council of High Impact Public Health Alerts will meet weekly from now on in view of the complicated situation Andalusia is going through.

"The decisions that have to be taken" will be taken to combat the third wave, "said the vice president of the regional government.

On the other hand, Juan Marín has pointed out that if the central government, finally, does not give them authorization to put the so-called curfew at 8:00 p.m. as requested, it will be something that they recommend to citizens, although "the State Security Forces and Bodies will not have the tools to tell citizens to go home. "

Stats for the last 24 hours - 571 more cases and 1 more death

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207654/un-dia-mas-almeria-pasa-de-los-500-contagios

Google translation:

One more day, Almería passes 500 infections

Almería comes from having its worst week of the pandemic

The week started the same as it ended: infections in the last 24 hours are well above 500 in the province.

Almería has just passed its worst week of the pandemic, in which almost 4.00 new cases of coronavirus were registered and the data seems that they will not improve in the coming days.

The Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (IECA) counts this Monday a total of 571 new infections in the last day in the Almeria province.

Andalusia adds 4,366 cases of coronavirus this Monday, January 18, the lowest figure since Tuesday 12. Even so, the community has increased its incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days to 625.9.

Cádiz supersedes Malaga as the province with the most infections, with 1,330 the first and 757 the second. Behind are Sevilla with 586, Almería with 571, Córdoba with 378, Jaén with 256, Huelva with 254 and Granada with 234.

Regarding the deaths, Andalusia adds 22 deaths. Granada is the one that adds the most with eight, followed by Cádiz with five, Córdoba, Jaén, Málaga and Seville with two, Almería with one and Huelva with none.

With the new death of this last day, there are already 324 people with coronavirus who have died in the province since the start of this health alert.

The daily report of the Ministry of Health of the Junta de Andalucía will give updated information on the current situation of the Almeria hospitals, which this Sunday had 185 people admitted of which 55 were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Data that arrives on the first working day of the new measures adopted by the Junta de Andalucía and that maintains 35 municipalities with perimeter closure and in 18 of them also the closure of the hotel trade and non-essential activity.

The regional government has already warned that if the virus is not contained this Friday, tougher restrictions could arrive for the community.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - NOTE: El Ejido is getting close to 500 per 100,000 - the trigger point for tighter restrictions

Roquetas to be locked down - I think the same will be happening to El Ejido (including Almerimar) soon

Google translation:

Roquetas de Mar City Council

IMPORTANT NOTICE: THE CLOSURE IS DECREATED ROQUETAS DE MAR PERIMETER

The municipality of Roquetas de Mar has passed this Monday January 18, the incidence rate of 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the framework of the pandemic of COVID-19, 10 which means it automatically goes to alert level 4 grade 1 and the perimeter closure is decreed

You will not be able to leave and / or enter Roquetas de Mar without just cause. This measure will take effect at 00:01 hours on Wednesday, January 20 and will be in effect for a period of 14 days.

Thus has decided the Territorial Committee of alert of High Impact Public Health of the province of Almeria, met via telematics and chaired by the delegate Territory of Health and Families in Almeria, Juan de la Cruz Belmonte.

The Territorial Committee of Public Health Alerts of High Impact will continuously monitor the epidemiological situation and will inform about the need to maintain or modulate alert levels and their degrees according to the health risk and the proportionality of the
measurements.

Iconic Ferris wheel surrounded by palm trees.

The article here on the La Voz de Almería site is the fifth in the series.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Sunday 17 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 679 new cases and 2 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207602/de-mal-en-peor-almeria-bate-sus-records-y-se-dispara-la-presion-hospitalaria

Google translation:

From bad to worse: Almería beats its records and hospital pressure shoots up

Sunday leaves 679 new positives and two more deaths in just 24 hours

Almería has closed the week in which the pandemic has broken all its records with a new maximum of positives and patients admitted to hospitals in the province, as recorded in the daily part of the Ministry of Health and Families of the Board of Andalusia, where today there are 679 infections detected in the last 24 hours and two deaths.

The worst figure of the pandemic comes just one day after Almería surpassed the record of all records, with 674 positives, but today there have been up to five more from Almería who have been confirmed as carriers of the coronavirus through a PCR test or antigen test. Thus, with this new increase, there are already 27,203 patients in the province who have tested positive for these tests, more than 27,500 if rapid tests are also taken into account.

With these data, the pandemic leaves the 103 municipalities of Almeria in an increasingly extreme situation, although it will not be until tomorrow, with the update of the Covid Portal of the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography, when the incidence rate that this intense weekend with more than 1,800 positives has left in the province.

Meanwhile, if it can be known that today is again the worst day in terms of hospitalized patients so far in the pandemic, since since March the data that Health has communicated this Sunday had not been reached, when there are 185 admitted, of 55, a new record too, are in serious condition in Intensive Care.

Likewise, today the death of two other covid patients in the province has been reported, bringing the total to 325 since March, and only 16 people from Almeria have recovered from the disease and have received epidemiological discharge, which leaves a total already of 19,393 and that it does not manage to reduce the active cases, which at the moment are already 7,485 this Sunday, in which the entire autonomous community of Andalusia has registered more than 5,800 positives and the death of another 15 Andalusians sick with coronavirus.

Outbreak in the Poniente hospital

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207567/quince-contagiados-en-un-brote-de-coronavirus-en-el-hospital-de-el-ejido

Google translation:

Fifteen infected in a coronavirus outbreak at the Hospital of El Ejido

It has been in the Hospitalization area and those affected are both patients and professionals

An outbreak of coronavirus in the Hospital de Poniente de El Ejido has caused the contagion of 15 people, between patients and professionals, according to sources from the center.

Patient zero was admitted to the Hospitalization area for other pathologies with an initial negative PCR test, although he later tested positive in another test. For this reason, those responsible for the center decided to carry out a screening in the entire area, for which a fortnight of positives among patients and workers have been confirmed.

Affected patients have been admitted to the area for the care of covid-19, and in the case of professionals, the established protocols have been activated, with new additional screenings and preventive quarantines. According to sources from the center, "care in the Hospitalization area is guaranteed."

New control measures The Hospital de Poniente this week has activated new measures to control access to the center and the companions of patients have been limited to exceptional cases, with the aim of reinforcing prevention against covid.

In this way, since last Tuesday patients can only be accompanied to the center in cases of childbirth, when the patient is a minor, when it is considered that the hospitalized person is about to die and for people with a high level of dependence. The rest of the patients cannot come with companions.

In addition, to access the hospital, the temperature of whoever wants to enter is taken, hand washing is necessary and the mandatory use of a mask is controlled and that it is correctly.

It is also controlled within the hospital that the safety distance is maintained and a limited capacity has been established in the cafeterias of the center.

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