The numbers have been jumping as the new strain Omicron takes hold in Spain. Andalusia is no different as Huelva, Seville, Cordoba, Jaen, and Malaga all return to level one on the Covid -Map. From Monday 20th December you will be required to show a Covid Certificate to access the interior of bars, restaurants, hotels and leisure facilities. And although masks are not required in exterior spaces they are being recommended.

Ayamonte town has also seen numbers grow in the last couple of days with 9 new cases declared on Thursday followed by 14 on Friday. The incidence rate over 14 days is 171 and when you consider that 30 of the 36 cases have been declared in the last 7 days it is very clear that Ayamonte is now part of the sixth wave.

There is some good news and that is that so far this increase has not seen huge jumps in hospital numbers but as we are in the early stages of the sixth wave, we must not become complacent.

There are currently 531 patients in Andalusian hospitals with Covid of which 99 are in intensive care. In Huelva there are currently 37 people in hospital of which 6 of those are in intensive care.