Coronavirus data: Madrid faces the end of the state of alarm as the 3rd community where infections fall the fastest

Madrid is the third community in Spain where the virus falls faster. Only the Valencian Community and Andalusia currently have a virus reproduction index lower -in hundredths- than Madrid, which indicates that the fall in infections has already accelerated significantly just at the gates of the end of the state of alarm The state of alarm declines this Sunday at 00:00 hours, as stated in the decree law that the Pedro Sánchez Government approved six months ago. And with it, restrictions such as the curfew or the perimeter closures of the autonomous communities fall, although the Socialist Executive has left its continuity in the hands of the Courts of Justice. Madrid has already confirmed that it eliminates the curfew, the decision comes at a time when the pandemic is showing signs of clear reversal in Spain. And also in Madrid, despite the fact that the accumulated incidence of infections within 14 days is still one of the highest, with 323 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Only the Basque Country surpasses it in this sense, with 463 infections, despite this, the rate at which infections fall in Madrid is one of the highest in Spain. The so-called ‘Rt’ index, which represents the “instantaneous basic reproductive number”, allows us to know how many people a patient is capable of infecting with coronavirus. If it is less than 1, the pandemic is in decline and if it is the other way around, it is increasing. In Madrid, that rate is currently 0.87. In Andalusia and the Valencian Community (the one with the lowest incidence of infections in Spain) is 0.84. The rest of the communities is above 0.9, which is just the national average.On the other hand, the graphs of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), a reference center for the study of the pandemic, already clearly show the decline in this fourth wave. The least intense of all in the Community of Madrid, as can be seen in these graphs. “There will be no fifth” The forecast made by technical sources in the Community of Madrid is very optimistic: the fourth wave is collapsing. This is also shown by the Covid records in the nearly 300 sewage wells that Madrid analyzes weekly. The situation, they explain, points to a significant improvement “within a period of fifteen days.” But the most striking thing is that there are no signs of a fifth wave. “There will be almost certainly not if vaccination continues at a good pace as it has been up to now,” they say. The situation is still very different in the hospital system. Especially in the UCI, where the Community of Madrid focuses its battle at the moment. The data this Friday showed a total of 530 people admitted to intensive care, the figure is very high and reflects a very important occupation. Its descent will be slower than that experienced among patients on the ward. However, the decrease in infections will be the catalyst for the improvement of ICUs, as highlighted by the Community.