A ventilator called “Andalucia Repira / Andalusia breathes” which has been designed by a number of professionals in Andalusia has passed its second test on a real patient in the Virgen de las Nieves hospital in Granada. Earlier the same ventilator had passed laboratory tests and its first human trial on a patient in a Hospital in Antequera, Malaga. The ventilator which can be built within two hours has two more tests to pass before it can be certified for use in Andalusian hospitals. The first is a test to make sure it does not cause any inference with other machines in intensive care (electromagnetic) and another test will be a stress test over 48 hours. The news comes after Hersill the main producer of ventilators in Spain has confirmed that it will now produce 100 ventilators a day, when they normally produce 10 a day. The company based in Mostoles in Madrid was established in 1973 and will produce 5000 ventilators for use all over Spain in April.

There has been a total of 7,472 new cases declared today and the total confirmed cases is now at 117,710. The number of patients in intensive care is 6,416 and the number of deaths has now reached 10,935. The number of people who have recovered is 30,513.

Meanwhile in Andalusia there are 7,374 confirmed cases of which 3,673 are in hospital and 338 are intensive care. There have been 376 deaths (Malaga 98, Jaen 43, Granada 93, Cordoba 25, Cadiz 22, Seville 65, Almeria 20, Huelva 10). In Seville there are 1,462 cases and 611 of those required hospitalization with 60 in intensive care. There have been 57 deaths while 30 have been cured.

In Andalusia there have been a total of 376 deaths so far. A total 258 patients have now been declared cured.

In Huelva there are 237 cases, this being an increase of 13 new cases today, 123 have been hospitalized with 10 in intensive care. Sadly, four more deaths have been reported in Huelva bringing the total to ten. The good news is four have now been declared cured.