The Delta strain which is responsible for the majority of new cases in Andalusia seems to have reached its peak and incidence levels are now dropping albeit slowly. Andalusia declared 2,949 new cases today which is the first time 23 days that it has been below the three thousand mark.

There are currently 1,410 patients in Andalusian hospitals with Covid of which 248 are in intensive care. Hospital numbers have increased substantially with the Delta strain and 8.12% of all patients in Andalusian hospitals are Covid patients. While Covid is responsible for 13.47% of all intensive care unit patients, substantially lower than the national average of 21%.

Ayamonte has an incidence level of 734.5 after 14 new cases were declared in the last 24 hours. While the average incidence level for Huelva province has dropped slightly to 592. There is good news in that there have been no new deaths in Huelva with the number staying at 395 and no new patients entering intensive care with Covid.