20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:28
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Spain’s Andalucia detects 5,922 COVID-19 cases Wednesday and 61 deaths

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A FURTHER 5,922 coronavirus cases have been detected in Andalucia in the past 24 hours.

The figure is much higher than the just over 3,000 recorded yesterday but represents a significant decrease from the same day last week, when 6,882 were counted.

However it is the highest daily increase in cases since Saturday.

The 14-day cumulative incidence rate increased by 35 points on Wednesday to reach 678.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

A week ago, the ever-important figure stood at 318.3 cases per 100,000 people.

Sevilla counted the most new cases today after detected 1,244 in the past 24 hours, followed closely by Malaga with 1,217.

Cadiz was third with 811, followed by Granada with 696, Cordoba 587, Almeria 577, Huelva 462 and Jaen 328.

Sevilla also counted the most deaths in the past 24 hours, with 16 coronavirus sufferers losing their lives to the disease.

Malaga counted 13 COVID deaths over the same period, followed by Cadiz with 11, Granada with eight, Jaen with seven, Cordoba with four and Almeria with three.

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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