(ANSA) - MADRID, JULY 27 - In the period between June 23 and July 21, almost 450,000 covid infections and 419 deaths of people who had contracted the disease were notified in Spain: these are the data on the boom of new homes registered in the country Iberian since the beginning of the summer, reported by the Charles III Health Institute, a public body, and taken up by the newspaper La Vanguardia.
In all, 4,342,054 contagions and 81,268 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data published yesterday by the Ministry of Health: about 125,000 and infections and 101 deaths more than those reported in the last weekly report of the Carlo III Institute.
Currently, the transmission speed of the contagion appears slowing down in several regions. In some territories, however, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise. This is the case of Catalonia, the Spanish region most affected so far by the new wave of infections, where 103 deaths were reported between 17 and 23 July, while 18 had been reported two weeks earlier. intensive by covid patients reached 44%, according to the latest figures from the ministry. The national average is 16%. (HANDLE).