11 Sep, 2020 @ 14:11
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Andalucia sets COVID-19 record with more than 1,200 cases in 24 hours – but has among lowest incidence rates in Spain

Andalucia Numbers Friday

ANDALUCIA has registered 1,242 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours in an all-time record.

Malaga recorded far more than its provincial neighbours, with 478 new cases announced on Friday.

It was distantly followed by Sevilla, which registered 199, then Granada (143), Cadiz (136), Almeria (97), Jaen (92), Cordoba (71) and Huelva (26).

A total of 67 people have overcome the virus in the region between Thursday and Friday.

Incidence Rates

Despite the sharp rise, the southernmost region continues to have one of the lowest incidences of the virus.

With a rate of 128.25 per 100,000 inhabitants, it has the third-lowest incidence after only Asturias and Galicia.

In comparison, Madrid, the hardest hit region, has an incidence rate of 535.45 per 100,000 inhabitants.

In the past seven days there have been 5,032 cases detected in Andalucia by PCR, 353 hospitalisations and 19 cases admitted into intensive care.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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