COVID-19 infection rate is continuing to fall in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 cases have registered another weekly reduction in the Valencian Community.

Today’s(August 3) total of 1,704 new cases is down on the July 27 figure of 1,875 infections and 2,112 cases on July 20.

New case rises have been falling for the last eight days in the region.

Nine deaths have been reported today, taking the pandemic death toll to 7,511.

23 people have died due to the coronavirus in the last week.

Hospital admissions in the Valencian Community have dropped on a week-to-week basis.

Today’s total of 682 hospitalisations is 15 fewer than on July 27, and is 49 less than yesterday.

There are 111 people in regional ICUs, a reduction of two patients on yesterday, but 19 more than last Tuesday.

The regional health ministry reported that 3,307,150 people had received one vaccination dose, with 2,705,871 of those being fully immunised..

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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.