Huelva has not faired well over the last 10 days with the incidence rates being far superior to the rest of the provinces in Andalusia and at 285.3 per 100,000 inhabitants it means we are at level three moving for high to extreme risk. Andalusia has an average incidence rate of 183 and daily positives are still over a thousand, today there were 1,325 new cases, 144 of those in Huelva. However, when you look at the province town per town you can see that several towns are indeed getting close to the magic number of 50 which would mean the new normal. See chart below for local incidence rates.

The number of people in hospital has dropped to 757 and 183 of those are in intensive care. The number of daily deaths from Covid has dropped also with 6 deaths reported in the last 24 hours and none of those were in Huelva. The pressure on the hospitals is lowering day by day.

Friday 4th June saw Andalusia break their own record of vaccination in a single day. A whopping 116,399 people received a jab on Friday, and I am happy to say I was one of the recipients. It must be said that the drive in covid jab service in Ayamonte is excellent. Within three minutes of arriving at the health centre in Ayamonte I had my jab and was directed to the overflow car park for the obligatory 15-minute observation wait. They spoke to me in English which was a surprise and they even told me that my second and final jab was for the 25th June. So by the 5th of July I will be able to get my fully vaccinated Certificate. Could not be happier. So, as you can see, they are currently vaccinating the 40–50-year-old bracket in Ayamonte.

Andalusia is still leading the way in terms of vaccine rollout and with over 5 million doses already administered there are 1.8 million people fully vaccinated. In terms of percentage of the Andalusian population 22.5% are fully vaccinated and 40.2% have received at least one jab.

In Ayamonte we are in level three for the coming week. This means:

• Bars & Restaurants are permitted to have 4 people per table in interior never exceeding 50% of their capacity. And 6 people per table exterior. They must close at midnight.
• Festivals, Fairs, Romerias are forbidden.
• Theatres, Cinema and Concerts can use 60% of their capacity but there must be a free seat between each spectator.
• Sports Centres & Gyms can use 50% of their capacity interior (groups of 10 or less) and 60% exterior (groups of 15 or less)