Catalonia has registered 826,641 accumulated confirmed cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic – 763,162 with a PCR test or antigen test – until this Saturday , 8,130 more than in the count on Friday, informs the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat to through its website.
The total number of deaths stands at 22,307, one more than those registered on Friday: 14,205 in a hospital or social-health center, 4,566 in residence, 1,185 at home and 2,351 that are not classifiable due to lack of information.
Víctor Navas, 23 years old, and Raul Condomines, 24 years old, admitted to the covid ward of the Hospital Clinic with pneumonia.
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As for the patients currently admitted, the figure stands at 1,427, which is 78 more than in the last count.
A total of 272 patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) of public and private centers, 13 more than in the previous balance.
Lower the rt
The speed of reproduction of the disease (rt) drops to 1.26 and the percentage of positivity of the antigen and PCR tests stands at 20.18%, while the cumulative incidence in the last 14 days is 1,142.25 per 100,000 inhabitants and the average age of confirmed cases is 29.65 years.
The rate of risk of re-emergence has risen: on Friday it reached a level of 1,386 and 24 hours later it stands at 1,409.
Vaccination
Catalonia has administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to a total of 4,748,888 people since the vaccination campaign began –3,989,389 already have the complete schedule -: there are 64,628 new immunized in the last 24 hours.
In percentages, 50.8% of the Catalan population is vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine, while 60.3% already have the complete vaccination schedule.