Respiratory infection rates fell in all autonomous regions

The global incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) remains at national levels, at 713 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (previous week: 933 cases). The national decline was 23.1%. According to data provided by the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (Sivira) published by the Carlos III Health Institute, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have declined in all autonomous regions, despite differences.

this According to the last count, hospitalizations due to acute respiratory infections increased from 29 to 21 per 100,000 inhabitants.

The most affected are people over 80 years old (156.9 cases) and people under 1 year old (89.2 cases).

According to these data, influenza infections have declined most significantly from a global perspective, with rates of decline approaching baseline levels.. According to past rules, it will take about 10 days to reach this level. The number of cases caused by the virus continues to decline nationwide for the third straight week. The positivity rate is currently 28%, compared to 36.8% last week. Similarly, Hospitalizations fell 43%, from 11% the week before to a record 6.2% last week.

The percent positivity for SARS-CoV2 also dropped to 8.6% (from 10.7% the previous week), while the decline for RSV was more modest at 7.1%, compared to 8.6% in the previous week. COVID-19 hospitalizations were determined at 1.6 per 100,000 inhabitants (3.2 in the previous reference), while in the VRS the hospital hospitalization rate was 2 per 100,000 inhabitants (4.6 in the previous week).

With this data, most autonomous regions could benefit from the lifting of the mandatory use of masks (which will become recommendations), as a two-week decline in the number of masks is observed. This group includes Asturias, Castile and León, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Galicia, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid.

Among them, Castile and León, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid have already taken this measure, and wearing masks has now changed from mandatory to recommended.