The infection rate of Covid-19 in Spain is 74.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 29.64 percent compared to the previous week, when 57.7 cases were recorded.
This is stated in the latest report of the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections in Spain (SiVIRA), of the Carlos III Health Institute, which collects data from the week of May 27 to June 2.
However, this rise does not translate into a significant increase in the number of entries. The report estimates the hospitalization rate for Covid-19 at 3.6 cases per 100,000 population (2.2 cases per 100,000 population in the previous week). In terms of severity, since the beginning of the season, 29.7% of cases admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 have pneumonia, and 4.2% of hospital admissions have pneumonia. UCI And 8.2 percent lethality.
Overall, the rate of acute respiratory infections at the national level reached 437.6 cases per 100,000 people, compared to 461.8 cases in the previous week. Rates for influenza are 8 cases per 100,000 population (9.2 cases per 100,000 population in the previous week) and bronchiolitis 1.6 cases per 100,000 population (1.9 cases per 100,000 population in the previous week).
The positivity rate was 1.5 percent for influenza (1.3 percent the previous week) and 17.1 percent for influenza. SARS-CoV-2 (12.5% in the previous week) and zero percent for VRS (0.2% in the previous week).
As for influenza, the incidence of influenza reached 6.6 cases per 100,000 population (6 cases per 100,000 population in the previous week), and has remained at basic values since the week of February 5. Proxy server for VRS Estimate occurrence VRS From 0 cases / 100,000 H (0.9 cases/100,000 H the previous week).
The hospitalization rate for serious respiratory infections in hospitals is 14 cases per 100,000 population (13.7 cases per 100,000 population in the previous week). The positivity rate was 0.7 percent for influenza (0.7 percent the previous week) and 25.4 percent for influenza. SARS-CoV-2 (16.4% in the previous week) and 0% for A VRS (0.4% in the previous week).
Thus, the hospitalization rate for influenza is estimated at 0.1 cases per 100,000 population (0.1 cases in the previous week). In terms of severity, since the beginning of the season, 31.8% of the cases admitted to hospitals have pneumonia, and 5.7% of the cases admitted to hospitals have pneumonia. UCI And 7 percent lethality.
The hospitalization rate is also estimated for VRS 0 cases per 100,000 population (0.1 cases/100,000 H the previous week). In terms of severity, since the beginning of the season, cases have been hospitalized VRS They have 20 percent of pneumonia, and 10.2 percent of admissions UCI And 3.9 percent lethality.
96.1 percent of influenza viruses identified in primary care are type 1 a. Of the 1,603 influenza viruses identified in hospitalized cases, 1,590 were of the same type. a.
In the alternative SARSThe -CoV-2 most frequently identified in acute respiratory infections in primary care was BA.2.86 (59.62%), with a predominance of 81.49% since the beginning of the season corresponding to the prevalence of JN.1 lineages and sublines.
In the alternative SARS-CoV-2 has been identified in a greater proportion of casesIraj In hospitals, it is BA.2.86 (60.47%), with a predominance of 80.98% since the beginning of the season corresponding to the circulation of lineages and sub-lineages JN.1. between the VRS I wrote it Of the cases admitted to hospital, 46.3 percent were of this type a and 53.7 percent of the type B.
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