The Alcoy Health Department adds 339 new cases of coronavirus
With 392 active cases, Alcoy tops the list of new infections and stands at an incidence of 660.44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The accumulated incidence in the Alcoy Health Department, at high risk since last Friday, increases and reaches 495.32 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Infections rise by 339 in L’Alcoià and El Comtat, according to the latest count made public by the Department of Health.
By localities, Alcoy adds 189 infections, Ibi 47, Castalla 26, Muro 25, Cocentaina 18, Onil 16, Alfafara 5, Benilloba 2, and Beniarrés, L’Orxa and Planes one each, according to the statistics published this Tuesday by Sanitat. Of the active cases, 14 require hospital care and are admitted to the Virgen de los Lirios plant, which already cares for two ICU patients.
In Alcoy, the cumulative incidence reaches 660.44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants is considered very high risk. The latest data update indicates that in Alcoy, there have been 392 positive cases diagnosed in the last 14 days. According to the City Council, these are figures that triple those of a year ago, with 139 positive cases and an incidence of 235.61. The difference, they insist from the Consistory, is the vaccination “that reduces the seriousness of the infections and alleviates the hospital pressure.” They allude to the study prepared by the General Directorate of Analysis and Public Policies of the Generalitat Valenciana, which concludes that vaccination reduces the number of hospitalized and admitted to the ICU by 75% and 90% of deaths. This study also reveals that people diagnosed with COVID-19 not vaccinated or with incomplete vaccination multiply by two the risk of being hospitalized. The risk of death is multiplied by three in the case of those who are not vaccinated.