The government have agreed that people who test positive and are not showing symptoms only have to quarantine in their homes for 7 days. The agreement was reached today when the government met with all the heads of the autonomous communities.

The rule starts from tomorrow Thursday so anyone who test positive up to midnight tonight will still have to do 10 days. People who test positive from Thursday onwards and have symptoms will still also have complete the 10 days quarantine.

In Andalusia Omicron is now responsible for 75% of all the cases and there continues to be a low clinical incidence from these cases. The hospitalizations are growing but nowhere near like the numbers we have experienced in previous waves. The Andalusian government has asked that traceability of close contacts is prioritized for high-risk people.

The minister for Health & Families in the Junta de Andalusia Jesus Aguirre said “ We must always protect the health of the most vulnerable people, since, although the clinical incidence at this time is not so associated with the number of infections, they continue to be the weakest group of this pandemic.”

Ayamonte declared 23 new cases today and that brings the incidence rate to 1185 still well above the Huelva provincial average of 880, although Huelva capital is on a par with Ayamonte at 1041.

The number of people in Andalusian hospitals with Covid has also grown slightly to 994 of which 169 of those are in intensive care. There were 15 new deaths declared today and with two of those being in Huelva.