Coronavirus Update

Friday 7 May 2021

The national state of emergency in Spain expires on Sunday, May 9, but the autonomous regions may continue to maintain restrictions on mobility, capacity and opening hours.

In Catalonia, the coronavirus epidemic is in recession. The reproduction rate (or R0) has fallen from 0.93 to 0.91. Every 100 infected people pass the virus to 91 others, reducing the growth by 9% every day.

The cumulative incidence rate of the coronavirus in 14 days has fallen from 271.21 to 266.38 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. There have been 1,664 new infections and 17 more deaths registered in the last 24 hours. Today, there are 1,432 hospitalised patients, 12 less than yesterday. A total of 468 patients are in intensive care units, 6 less than yesterday.

A total of 2,061,744 people (26.70% of the population of Catalonia) have now been vaccinated, 34,254 more than yesterday. This includes 954,316 (12.36% of the population) who have received their scheduled two doses.

Thursday 6 May 2021

The Ministry of Health for Spain has registered a further 7,960 new infections since yesterday, including 4,234 diagnosed in the last 24 hours. The total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic rises to 3,559,222.

The cumulative incidence rate (the number of cases diagnosed per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days) has fallen, from 205.52 to 202.20.

The deaths from coronavirus registered in the last week total 256. There have been 160 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The total deaths in the pandemic rises to 78,726. The data exclude deaths in residences and those who had symptoms compatible with Covid-19 but did not undergo a diagnostic test.

Spain has moderate excess mortality this week, according to the European Mortality Monitoring Project. This follows eight consecutive weeks of no or low excess.

After rapidly falling since the start of the pandemic, the lethality of the virus saw a steady rise from 8 February 2021, followed by a gradual decline from 26 March. The case fatality rate on 26 March was 2.304 deaths per 100 patients and today remains stable at 2.212.

There have been decreases in both the number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospital, and in those requiring intensive care. There are currently 8,900 patients admitted throughout Spain, 232 less than yesterday, with 2,212 in intensive care units, a reduction of 19 in the last 24 hours. There have been 915 admissions and 1,143 discharges in the last 24 hours. The occupancy rate for beds taken by coronavirus patients in Spain has fallen from 7.26% to 7.07%, and in intensive care units, from 22.25% to 22.10%.

A total of 12,792,753 people (26.97% of the Spanish population) have now been vaccinated, 270,502 in the last 24 hours. This includes 5,696,827 (12.01% of the population) who have received their scheduled two doses.

In Catalonia, the coronavirus epidemic is in recession. The reproduction rate (or R0) has fallen from 0.94 to 0.93. Every 100 infected people pass the virus to 93 others, reducing the growth by 7% every day.

The cumulative incidence rate of the coronavirus in 14 days has risen from 270.78 to 271.21 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. There have been 1,669 new infections and 20 more deaths registered in the last 24 hours. Today, there are 1,444 hospitalised patients, 87 less than yesterday. A total of 474 patients are in intensive care units, 1 more than yesterday.

A total of 2,027,490 people (26.26% of the population of Catalonia) have now been vaccinated, 37,251 more than yesterday. This includes 904,782 (11.72% of the population) who have received their scheduled two doses.

Barcelona Coronavirus - daily updates and advice for visiting groups

UK Government Foreign Office (Friday, May 7th, 2021) advises against all but essential travel to Spain, including the Balearic Islands but excluding the Canary Islands.