The autonomous communities have notified the Ministry of Health on Tuesday 3,432 new cases of COVID-19, 1,605 of them diagnosed in the last 24 hours. It is the lowest daily number of infections since August 12 of last year. In addition, these figures are lower than those of the same day last week, when 3,504 positives were reported, so the trend of the pandemic continues to decline.
The total number of infections in Spain already rises to 3,745,199 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to official statistics. The cumulative incidence in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 101.39, compared to 104.56 yesterday. In the past two weeks, a total of 48,108 positives have been registered.
In Tuesday's report, 62 new deaths were added, compared with 73 last Tuesday. Up to 80,579 people with a positive diagnostic test have died since the virus arrived in Spain, according to data collected by the Ministry.
Currently, there are 3,251 patients admitted for COVID-19 throughout Spain (3,414 yesterday) and 899 in the ICU (917 yesterday). In the last 24 hours, there have been 360 admissions (291 yesterday) and 507 discharges (161 yesterday). The occupancy rate of beds occupied by coronavirus stands at 2.64% (2.77% yesterday) and in ICUs at 9.54% (9.69% yesterday).
Between June 5 and 11, the autonomous communities have carried out 630,464 diagnostic tests, of which 410,021 have been PCR and 220,443 antigen tests, with an overall rate per 100,000 inhabitants of 1,340.67. The total positivity rate stands at 4.32%, compared to 4.35% yesterday.
