Daily COVID-19 infections break the 'thousand' barrier again in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

NEW coronavirus cases have easily surpassed the ‘thousand mark’ for the second successive day in the Valencian Community.

Figures today(July 2) show 1,271 new infections as opposed to 1,410 yesterday.

Valencia Province accounts for 945 of today’s cases with 193 in Alicante Province and 131 in Castellon Province.

The Valencia City area is now classified as a ‘maximum risk’ COVID area.

Two deaths have been recorded in the last week across the Valencian Community which takes the pandemic death toll to 7,457.

Hospital COVID-19 admissions have risen by 23 patients since yesterday to 174.

19 people are being treated in intensive care, up by two over the last 24 hours.

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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.