Cough, general malaise, fever? If you don’t have these symptoms, you most likely know one or more Sevillans who do. Data from the Ministry of Health confirms that the incidence of respiratory infections (influenza, influenza A or COVID-19) has increased sharply in recent weeks.
According to the latest report from the department he heads Catalina Garcia The incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in the province of Seville exceeds 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
This number is high.In fact, that’s almost double the record before Sevilla arrived just a few weeks ago Flu season. Even so, it’s still slightly lower than Andalusia’s average of 528.9 points.
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Influenza incidence before Christmas begins, Covid-19 and Influenza A It was 300 points. In a few weeks, the number will exceed 500 and is not expected to drop. Instead, there will be a rebound in these infections in the first few weeks of January.
According to health data, This is al-Jalafi Among them, the respiratory tract infection rate is relatively high. As of last week, the infection rate was 562 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Seville has highest infection rate in capital
Followed by the capital Seville Total score 527 points. This is followed by the eastern region of the province, with 499 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and the southern region, with 478 cases. The province with fewer infections is in the north of Seville, with 401 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
This situation is certainly not unexpected. Department of Health and Consumer Affairs It was warned a few weeks ago that vaccination against influenza and coronavirus could easily prevent the worst cases of these infections.
Additionally, healthcare has not been affected. Hospital centers in the province of Seville have activated emergency plans. high frequency. Although health professionals in Seville admit that the workload is now increased, they point out that it is tolerable and that there are currently no problems with care.
Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations
In fact, the department led by Catalina García has launched two vaccination campaigns against these respiratory infections. adultwalk-in The other is for minors in medical centers in the province of Seville and other regions of Andalusia.
he greater impact According to the above report, the infection occurred in children under the age of four. In Spain, there are more than 1,100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with the majority of positive cases being children under one year old. Their score was 4,442 points.
Following them was a group of people from 1 to 4 years (3,339 cases/100,000 hours). By gender, the incidence rate was higher in women than in men (1039.2 cases/100,000 hours vs. 832.9 cases/100,000 hours).
More hospitalizations
In addition, the Ministry of Health stated that “There is a very significant increase Estimated hospitalization rates for respiratory viruses over weeks.”
Therefore, the estimated hospitalization rate for Covid-19 “There is a downward trendalthough numbers have increased over the past three weeks.”
“Influenza continue to rise They added that since week 49/2023 (week 51/2023 there were 2.9 cases per 100,000 people).