GOOD CHEER continues over falling COVID-19 numbers in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW weekend cases of COVID-19 have produced another major fall according to the Valencian regional health ministry this evening(March 22).

352 new infections have been reported since last Friday, compared to 437 the previous weekend and 659 before that.

A weekend total of 1,231 cases was reported on March 1.

The Valencian Community therefore continues its position as having the lowest infection rates in Spain with 94% of municipalities reporting just 25 cases or lower per 100,000 people.

10 deaths have been reported today taking the pandemic total in the region to 7,066, with 89 fatalities over the last week.

Hospitalisations are back to October levels and are now below 500.

They stand at 478 compared to 601 a week ago and 768 on March 8.

The number of people in intensive care is 138, a fall of 34 over a week.

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Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.