29 Sep, 2020 @ 13:07
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Spain’s Andalucia sees deadliest COVID-19 figures in a week as it detects 1,236 new cases Tuesday

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ANDALUCIA has recorded 25 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, its deadliest day for a week.

Meanwhile, according the Junta, there have been 1,236 cases detected in the past 24 hours, 390 more than yesterday.

Hospitalisations have also increased, yet again, to a total of 1,103 (38 more than Monday), with 154 of these in intensive care units.

At the peak of the pandemic on March 30, there were 2,708 hospitalisations in Andalucia, some 1,605 more than the number registered today.

There were also 438 patients in the ICUs, some 284 more than today.

Of the 25 deaths recorded from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, nine occurred in Sevilla, seven in Malaga, five in Cadiz, three in Granada and one in Cordoba.

Andalucia will announce today new measures to help keep the second wave of the virus as low as possible.

The new rules are expected to affect only towns or health districts with an incidence rate of more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

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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