COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS – Two deaths and 50 new cases confirmed in Spain’s Andalucia today

COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS – Two deaths and 50 new cases confirmed in Spain’s Andalucia today

The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families has confirmed two deaths and 50 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been reported in Andalusia in the last few hours. The total number of people affected in Andalucia has now risen to 269.

Reported cases in Andalucia as of 6pm tonight (Friday) are:

 

Provincia

Positivo

Ingresados

UCI

Seguimiento activo domiciliario

Alta

Almería

13

0

0

13

0

Cádiz

21

2

1

18

0

Córdoba

18

3

1

14

0

Granada

22

6

1

15

0

Huelva

4

0

0

4

0

Jaén

34

10

1

23

0

Málaga

128

46

9

73

0

Sevilla

29

8

0

21

1

Total

269

75

13

181

1

The new declared cases are pending confirmation from the National Centre for Microbiology.

Prevention protocols issued by the Ministry of Health have been activated to determine the possible direct contacts that these patients have had.

The Ministry of Health and Families has increased to 10 the number of laboratories authorised to receive samples of coronavirus.

Telephone Helplines

From February 25 to Tuesday, March 12, Salud Responde has handled 22,961 queries about the coronavirus, with 5,519 being attended yesterday.

The 061 health emergency number has also attended 8,618 inquiries during this period, 1,698 of them yesterday.

The number of operators in the emergency coordination rooms is being reinforced to cope with the increases without neglecting the rest of the service.

More operators are being recruited and trained to answer calls to the 900 400 061 special coronavirus hotline.

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