Respiratory virus incidence continues to decline

Region faces third straight weekly decline in respiratory viruses.According to data from the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (Sivira), the incidence of these infections in the week of February 4 323.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, down 71 points from the previous week and almost half of what it was 15 days ago. Hospital occupancy also fell, from 25.4 to 21.9 cases per 100,000 residents. Despite this situation, Extremadura continues to lead in terms of hospital admissions, becoming the second community with the highest number of hospitalizations after Melilla, which has an incidence rate of 22.9 per 100,000 inhabitants. For example, it is 8 percentage points higher than the national average.