CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures
The latest official figures* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Saturday 6 June show a total of 27,135 deaths from Coronavirus in Spain – an increase of 1 in the past 24 hours. The figures also state there have been 67 deaths in the past 7 days.
Friday’s figures had shown an increase of 1 death in 24 hours and 52 deaths over 7 days. Thursday had shown an increase of 5 deaths in 24 hours, and 56 deaths over 7 days.
The current peak of recorded deaths related to Coronavirus in a 24-hour period in Spain was on 2 April, when 950 deaths were registered.
The official figure released by the Health Ministry on Saturday 6 June for the total number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus only through a PCR test is now 241,310 – an increase of 164 over Friday.
Out of the 164 new confirmed cases, 86 are in Madrid.
Friday’s figures for the increase of infections only through PCR testing had been 177 over Thursday. Thursday’s figure had been 195 over Wednesday. Wednesday had been 219.
The current peak of recorded infections for a 24-hour period in Spain was on 31 March, when 9,222 new cases were registered (including from PCR and antibody).
A full breakdown in Spanish of the data per region, together with age group statistics can be found by clicking here.
*Confusion and discrepancies
There has been recent confusion regarding the Coronavirus mortality figures released by Spain’s central Health Ministry, as well as on-going discrepancies with the data released by some of the country’s regional health authorities.
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This week Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) published figures showing that the number of deaths for the first 21 weeks of 2020 have been 24% higher than for the same period in 2019 – based on information received from the country’s civil registries (1 January to 24 May). The number of deaths during this period for 2020 is 43,945 higher than in 2019.
The INE report of its latest statistics also states that the week between 30 March and 5 April saw the highest number of deaths in the year, ‘with 20,575 deaths, 154.6% higher than the same week in 2019′. During the week of 18 May – the last week included in the study – an estimated 7,470 people died, which is ‘a similar figure to the 7,429 from the same week in 2019′, the INE stated.
The Health Ministry figures are normally presented by Fernando Simón, director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, and who reports to the Health Minister Salvador Illa.
Salvador Illa has perviously said that, ‘Spain is following a very strict definition of cases [both for deaths and infections of Coronavirus] in line with international authorities, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 and then dies is considered a Coronavirus fatality.’
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