15 Oct, 2020 @ 14:35
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Spain’s Andalucia registers 1,971 COVID-19 cases Thursday as hospital pressure increases

Anda Figures Thursday

ANDALUCIA has registered 1,971 cases of COVID-19 by PCR and rapid tests on Thursday.

According to the Junta, there have been 11 deaths in the past 24 hours, up from the six seen on Wednesday.

Sevilla is once again ahead of the other provinces, clocking 653 cases in the past 24 hours.

It is now officially the most infected province, with a total of 18,397 cases, just beating Malaga’s tally of 18,376.

Granada recorded 360 cases in the past 24 hours, followed by Jaen with 321, Malaga 193, Cadiz 158, Cordoba 156, Almeria 84 and Huelva 46.

Of the 11 deaths registered today, seven come from Sevilla, two from Malaga and one from both Cadiz and Jaen.

Meanwhile pressure on hospitals has increased with 10 more patients added in the past 24 hours.

It means a total of 1,220 people are suffering with the virus in Andalucian hospitals, an increase of 192 over the past week.

Of these, 166 are in intensive care, five more than yesterday and 27 more than a week ago.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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