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This is the rolling coronavirus story for Thursday 28 January 2021

Speech from the president of the Junta de Andalucía in El Ejido this morning

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208240/quedan-al-menos-diez-dias-muy-duros-el-aviso-de-juanma-moreno-desde-almeria

Google translation:

"There are at least ten very hard days," Juanma Moreno's notice from Almería

The president insists on calling for an advance curfew and confinement in some areas

The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has observed this Thursday "with expectation and hope" that the number of COVID-19 infections in the region "is going down" progressively, although he believes that it is too early to determine whether the curve has "bent", since it predicts "ten or twelve very hard days" in relation to hospitalizations, so it has once again insisted that the central government give it the competence to decree home confinement and act like this in certain municipalities or regions.

"We have to do our best so that the health system does not collapse," Moreno said in statements to the media in El Ejido, where he has advanced that the number of infections reported this Thursday drops to 3,676, which "gives us light and hope "compared to" almost 8,000 infections that we had a few days ago ", since the reduction is almost" in half ".

However, she has warned that "this does not mean that the hospital pressure will disappear" but, on the contrary, it will be "increasing" as a result of the positives registered in the previous days.

Even so, he believes that "today" it is "possible" to avoid the saturation of hospitals that has been seen in other regions or countries such as Portugal, where health systems have been "clearly overwhelmed" by the pandemic.

Looking ahead to the next Interterritorial Council to be held this day, the president of the Board has clarified that Andalusia does not renounce "at all" to request more powers for the management of the pandemic that allows it to advance the 'curfew' at " eight or seven in the afternoon "as well as establishing domiciliary confinements in certain municipalities and regions, which would lead to a recovery" much faster.

"I believe that the Government of Spain is doing them a very disservice in the fight against the pandemic by not training the autonomous communities with the very important instrument of curfew and home confinement," said Moreno, who believes that this "very serious "and" huge error "that he attributes to the" intransigence "of the central Executive will be valued in the coming months.

 Stats for the last 24 hours -  363 more cases and 10 more deaths

Google translation:

10 deaths in a day in which the infections go down again

The situation in Almeria hospitals continues to be very worrying

The mortality of the coronavirus in recent days is still very high in the province and in the Andalusian community in general. Almería has to add in the last 24 hours ten of the 82 deaths recorded by Andalusia on this day.

Since the start of the pandemic, last March, a total of 410 people with Covid-19 have lost their lives.

Regarding the balance of infections, these continue to decline. According to the daily report prepared by the Health Council of the Junta de Andalucía, Almería adds in the last 24 hours a total of 363 new positives. This Wednesday there were 492 cases and on Monday 592. (NOTE: This is a mistake - the figures quoted are for Tuesday and Monday, not Wednesday and Monday)

It seems that the epidemiological curve is flattening not only in Almería, but also in the Andalusian community. And it is that Andalusia adds this Thursday a total of 3,676 infections, far from the 8,000 reached in previous days.

Hospitals

The situation in the hospitals of the province continues to be very worrying: in this last day there have been 30 new hospitalizations, five of them in the Intensive Care Unit.

The daily report of the Board reports that the province currently has 392 hospitalizations, of which 84 are in the ICU.

The Torrecárdenas Hospital, in the capital, already occupies two floors with Covid patients and is preparing in case one more must be occupied, as reported by the regional administration on Thursday.

The number of infected people who have already overcome the disease in the province is 21,310, after 276 more people from Almeria joined this list in this last day.

Some data that comes after the message sent by the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, during her visit to the province of Almería, specifically to El Ejido. The head of the regional government has affirmed that the number of Covid-19 infections in the region "is decreasing" progressively, but predicts "ten or twelve very hard days" in relation to hospitalizations.

In addition, the Andalusian president has insisted on asking the central government to advance the curfew and confinement in areas with a higher contagion rate.

I am lost for words

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208237/pelea-de-gallos-en-el-ejido-90-personas-sin-normas-covid-y-con-drogas-y-armas

Google translation:

Cockfight in El Ejido: 90 people without covid regulations and with drugs and weapons

The Civil Guard dissolves the concentration, in which there were several minors

The Civil Guard has dissolved in El Ejido an illegal cockfight in which 89 people were concentrated, including minors, who did not comply with the measures related to the health crisis due to covid-19 of social distance, use of a mask and limitation of capacity, since some of them carried weapons and drugs, for which up to 260 complaints have been filed.

The action carried out in the Pozo de la Tía Manolica, within the ejido nucleus of Matagorda, was carried out by the agents after receiving an anonymous notice about the large concentration of people detected in an industrial warehouse in the area, as indicated by the Institute Armed on a note.

The agents urgently traveled to the place where they surprised about a hundred people, including minors, who were fighting an illegal cockfight "without complying, among others, with the measures related to the health crisis due to covid-19."

During the investigation, the agents located the lifeless body of a rooster with recent injuries and 21 live roosters, which had been cut on the ridges and artificial sharpening of the dewclaws.

In the presence of the agents, numerous people threw a multitude of objects such as knives, narcotic drugs and sharpening utensils on the ground, which were finally recognized by their owners, like most of the animals.

Due to these facts, the agents have investigated a person for a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals and have made 260 complaints related to animal protection in Andalusia, possession and consumption of narcotic drugs and for non-compliance with the relative health measures to the covid-19 crisis. The proceedings conducted have been made available to a judge from El Ejido.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - El Ejido now has 699.8 cases (approximately 47 fewer since yesterday) per 100,000 inhabitants based on the 14 day average (red for increase; blue for decrease)

The area of ​​the urban region Almería-Poniente.

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

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Wednesday 27 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours -  539 more cases and 12 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208175/la-curva-comienza-a-bajar-en-almeria-con-539-positivos-pero-suma-12-fallecidos

Google translation:

The curve begins to fall in Almería with 539 positives but adds 12 deaths

400 people with Covid have died since March

After going through the worst week, so far, of the pandemic, the curve begins to fall in Almería. If on Saturday the 23rd a whopping 1,023 infections were reached (the provincial record in this health alert), this Wednesday the new cases have dropped to half. But the bad news comes in the form of new deaths: 12 in the last 24 hours.

According to figures updated by the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography (IECA), the province has a total of 539 positives.

Almería registered 492 infections on Tuesday and 592 on Monday. There are still many, but the trend in recent days is that of a decrease in the number of diagnosed cases of Covid. In fact, this Wednesday is the second best data since last week.

Almería now exceeds 34,000 positives detected through PCR, antigen and serological tests.

Andalusia adds 6,626 cases of coronavirus this Wednesday. Malaga is the province with the most positives, with 1,371, followed by Seville with 1,305 and Cádiz with 1,234. The rest of the provinces add up to less than a thousand with 780 in Granada, 609 in Córdoba, 539 in Almería, 441 in Huelva and 347 in Jaén.

Deaths

As happened yesterday, the hardest data of the day is that of deceased people: 12 in the last 24 hours out of 85 in Andalusia. Since the start of the pandemic, last March, a total of 400 people with coronavirus have lost their lives.

Cádiz is the province with the most deaths, with 21, followed by Seville with 15, Malaga with 13, Almería with 12, Granada with nine, Córdoba with seven, Huelva with five and Jaén with three.

The number of infected who have already overcome the disease in the province is 21,034, after 276 more people from Almeria join this list.

Some data that arrive on the day that new restrictions have come into force in several Almeria municipalities, including the capital. In Almería the bars and shops will be closed for at least 14 days.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - El Ejido now has 746.5 cases (approximately 11 fewer since yesterday) per 100,000 inhabitants based on the 14 day average (red for increase; blue for decrease)

An article summarising what happens if the count in the "headline" above goes over 1000 - the good news for Jacqui and myself is that golf is still allowed, as that is our main form of exercise (note The Olive Press has a pay wall - however I can see this story - I hope others can)

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/01/27/what-you-can-and-cannot-do-if-your-municipality-has-to-close-all-non-essential-activity-in-spains-andalucia-from-padel-tennis-to-ordering-takeaway/

Changes being made to the organisation of official golf competitions at Almerimar - to make things safer

The next official golf competition at Almerimar is being organised over 2 days (Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February) rather than on one day. Players will be able to take part on either of the two days. On each day there will be a staggered start rather than a shotgun start at 09:00. Also, as of this week the bar/restaurant in the clubhouse has been closed. I am guessing that there will therefore be no prize giving event after the golf competition.

So the situation is returning to a similar state to that when we came out of the first lockdown in the summer of last year.

On a side note I would like to congratulate the green keeping staff for all their hard work. The new greens are in excellent condition. Overall, I feel that the course is in the best condition I have even seen. Finally, thanks to Juan and Victor for their hard work in the pro-shop. They are providing us with the ability to use the beautiful course in these difficult times.

Agreement reach with private hospitals in Andalucía - to help ease the strain on public hospitals in these difficult times

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/27/good-news-in-andalucia-private-hospitals-to-help-ease-covid-pressure/

What is happening in local hospitals to cope with the strain

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208136/el-hospital-de-poniente-amplia-uci-y-deriva-pacientes-a-el-toyo

Google translation:

The Hospital de Poniente expands ICU and refers patients to El Toyo

The center updates its Contingency Plan against Covid-19

The Hospital de Poniente has updated its Contingency Plan against COVID-19, in anticipation of an increase in demand for care. The center expands the resources available for patient care, both in Hospitalization and in the ICU, strengthening the circuits for respiratory pathologies in the Emergency Department and modulating activity in other areas, such as Outpatient Consultations and the Surgical Block.

The Poniente Hospital Contingency Plan against COVID-19 establishes different organizational measures and increases in healthcare resources, depending on the levels of demand associated with this pathology. In the area of ​​care for critical patients, the center puts into operation additional resources to those that have already been used since the Plan was activated, with new positions in the Surgical and Resuscitation Block, which multiply by more than three the capacity of the Intensive Care Unit. These additional spaces have the necessary personnel and equipment to guarantee the quality of care.

In the Hospitalization area, a second floor is added for the care of COVID-19 positive patients, which would allow to have up to 128 beds if necessary.

The reinforcement of the Contingency Plan will include the activation of additional resources in the other center of the Poniente Public Health Agency in the province of Almería, the Hospital de Alta Resolution El Toyo. Patients admitted for other pathologies will be referred to this center this week. For this, the healthcare circuits have been reorganized and the Hospitalization area of ​​El Toyo has been reinforced, with the aim of guaranteeing the highest quality care.

In the Emergencies of the Hospital de Poniente, the double healthcare circuit has been reinforced, with differentiated areas for patients with respiratory symptoms and there is a specific Observation unit for patients with COVID-19, with about twenty positions.

Both in Outpatient Offices and in the Surgical Block, ordinary activity has been reduced, in order to have more healthcare resources and reduce the circulation of patients in the center. In consultations, schedules have been reduced and whenever possible, the patient is offered telematic and telephone care.

Regarding surgical activity, urgent, non-delayed and oncological interventions are being prioritized.

In other units, such as Hemodialysis or Delivery, the Hospital de Poniente maintains regular care since the beginning of the pandemic, with the application of additional safety and prevention measures, generating specific circuits for positive COVID-19 patients.

A map of municipality boundary closures in the province from today (taken from article on Diario de Almería) - 94% of the people in the province!

Yellow - boundary closure from today; Grey - boundaries already closed; Red - closed perimeter and closed non-essential services from today; Black - closed perimeter and closed non-essential services already.

I have been asked to post this information:

"Family requires 3 bedroom property, either apartment or house, in Almerimar. Reliable tenants that have rented here for 4 years with no problems. They have to move out from their current property because the owners need to sell."

As usual if you are interested in this please get in touch with me via the contact form on the site or via the Facebook page. I will then pass your information on to the estate agents that have asked me to post this.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Tuesday 26 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 492 more cases and 13 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208106/13-fallecidos-y-500-contagios-el-coronavirus-golpea-con-fuerza-a-almeria

Google translation:

13 deaths and 500 infections: the coronavirus hits Almería hard

Hospitals suffer 73 new admissions in the last 24 hours

The daily figures of the coronavirus continue to hit the province and the people of Almería with force. This Tuesday, the number of new deaths in Almería rises to more than ten.

In the last 24 hours, according to figures updated by the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography (IECA), the province adds about 500 new infections and has to mourn 13 deaths.

Almería registers in this last day a total of 492 positives, one hundred less than the cases of this Monday.

The incidence rate of the coronavirus in the last 14 days rises in the province to 1,215.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while that of the capital rises to 1,297 infections.

In Andalusia, this last day a total of 4,751 cases of coronavirus are added.

By provinces, Cádiz supersedes Malaga as the Andalusian territory that adds the most positives, with 1,303 the first and 990 the second. Behind are Sevilla with 758, Almería with 492, Córdoba with 430, Huelva with 287, Jaén with 257 and Granada with 234.

The Andalusian community reaches an incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days of 909.9.

Deaths

But the hardest data of the day is that of deceased persons: 13 in the last 24 hours of the 82 in all of Andalusia. Since the start of the pandemic, last March, a total of 388 people with coronavirus have lost their lives.

Málaga is the day with the most deaths with 22. Behind are Almería, Granada and Seville with 13 each, Cádiz with ten, Huelva with six, Córdoba with three and Huelva with two.

The current situation of Almeria hospitals is also very worrying. In the last 24 hours, there have been 73 new hospitalizations, of which six have been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Data that comes a few hours before new restrictions come into force in some municipalities in the province due to the high incidence of the coronavirus in their territories, including the closure of the hotel industry and non-essential activity in the capital.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - El Ejido now has 757.2 cases (approximately 37 more since yesterday) per 100,000 inhabitants based on the 14 day average (red for increase; blue for decrease)

Christina from the Junta Local de Almerimar let me know about this notice on Facebook. Watch out for power cuts on Thursday.

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Monday 25 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 592 more cases and 9 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/208042/600-positivos-y-nueve-fallecidos-un-duro-comienzo-de-semana-en-almeria

Google translation:

600 positives and nine deaths: a tough start to the week in Almería

Almería has just put an end to what has been its worst week

Data from the pandemic continue to hit the province hard. Almería has just put an end to what has been, for the moment, its worst week of this health crisis and one begins, but it does not do so with good figures.

In the last 24 hours, according to the data updated by the Andalusian Institute of Statistics and Cartography (IECA), the province adds about 600 new infections and has to mourn nine deaths.

Almería registers in this last day a total of 592 positives. On the eve there were 830.

Both the province and the capital have an incidence rate of more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days.

Andalusia adds this Monday, January 25, a total of 4,496 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest number since last Tuesday and 2,574 fewer cases than the day before.

The community reaches an incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days of 911.4.

By provinces, Malaga is again the province with the most positives, with 1,015, followed by Seville with 913, Cádiz with 655, Almería with 592, Córdoba with 365, Huelva with 345, Granada with 338 and Jaén with 273. of this Monday they suppose 20 more than the 25 of this Sunday and half of the 88 of Saturday.

One more day, the province has to mourn new human losses: nine in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, last March, a total of 375 people with coronavirus have lost their lives.

The daily report, prepared by the Andalusian Regional Government Health Council, will give more information on the current situation of Almeria hospitals, whose pressure has been growing worryingly in recent days.

Cumulative stats from the Almería 360 site - El Ejido now has 720 cases (90 more since Friday) per 100,000 inhabitants based on the 14 day average (red for increase; blue for decrease)

This is the rolling coronavirus story for Sunday 24 January 2021

Stats for the last 24 hours - 830 more cases and 2 more deaths

https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/3/provincia/207991/el-avance-imparable-de-la-covid-deja-mas-de-800-positivos-y-dispara-los-ingresos

Google translation:

The unstoppable advance of the covid leaves more than 800 positives and shoots up income

Two other people have died in the last 24 hours and there are already 72 patients in the ICU

Not even Sunday lowers the curve. After the more than 1,000 positives diagnosed yesterday, the daily report of the Ministry of Health has arrived today with a new increase of 830 infections and two new deaths that come to confirm the words of the Health delegate in Almería, Juan de la Cruz Belmonte, who in an interview with LA VOZ has referred to his concern about the current epidemiological situation since in Almería we can reach "1,200 positives" in 24 hours.

And the province is on the way to that figure, because despite the well-known weekend effect, which brings a decrease in infections, with today's 830 there are already 32,293 people from Almeria who have tested positive for a PCR test or antigen test.

Hospital pressure

The increase in the curve in recent weeks means that, day after day, the number of people from Almería who need hospitalization after worsening the Covid-19 disease increases, which, in turn, triggers the pressure on the hospitals and health personnel that are over 300, something never seen in the province until these tough weeks of the third wave.

In this way, after adding 21 hospitalized in the last hours, today there are 325 who are admitted in Torrecárdenas, Poniente or La Inmaculada, of which 72 are in serious condition in Intensive Care, six more than those who were yesterday.

The other disastrous consequence left by the uncontrolled increase in positives is the number of people from Almeria who lose their lives after being infected by the coronavirus, which yesterday returned to record record figures with 15 deaths in 24 hours and today leaves another two deaths, which they bring the total to 366.

Active cases

For its part, there are 164 patients recovered today, which already leaves a total of 20,335 Almeria with epidemiological discharge. But, despite the increase in cured patients, the number of active cases remains at historical highs and today there are 11,592 people from Almeria infected with covid and isolated (only diagnosed by PDIA, about 12,000 if the rapid tests are counted), which leaves Almost 50,000 people from Almería are confined, since, according to the calculations of health experts, an average of three close contacts are confined for each positive.