The number of admitted for covid-19 in conventional beds in Catalan hospitals dropped by 15 people in the last seven days, up to 474, despite the fact that for the last nine weeks a continued rise in incidence of SARS-CoV-2. Although the omicron variant It represents almost 100% Of the samples analyzed by Salut, the ‘conselleria’ has already detected the Pirola variant (BA.2.86) in wastewater in Catalonia (not in clinical samples at the moment). Is the variant that worries scientists the most due to the number of mutations it presents.
According to data from the Department of Health, in the week of August 21 to 27 474 people were admitted with covid in conventional beds, which represents a “slight decline” while 14 patients were admitted to the ICU, a stable figure compared to previous weeks. He 83% of people admitted with covid have more than 60 years.
Salut points out that for the last nine weeks there has been a continued increase in the incidence of covid-19 which, although it seems to be beginning to stabilize, could lead to a significant increase in the number of cases in the period after the holidays as a consequence of the change in social interaction.
Upward trend
The table of data that the Government publishes every Tuesday indicates that the incidence of all the acute respiratory infections (IRA) shows a Upward trend above last week’s drop and continues at low transmission levels, with 290 affected per 100,000 inhabitants (22,771 cases in absolute terms).
He SARS-CoV-2 continues as the most frequent virus (39.6%) followed by rhinovirus (14.3% of the samples) and the parainfluenzae (4.4%) and two cases of flu (2.2%) and one of RSV (1.1%).
Omicron, majority at the moment
The omicron variant represents almost the 100% of the samples sequenced. The XBB.1 subvariant is predominant (80.6% of the samples) and its sublineage EG5.1 (Eris, high propagation and low risk), which was detected for the first time in Catalonia on June 8, A total of 65 positive samples have been registered up to August 20. However, the variant that worries scientists the most due to the number of mutations it presents is Pirola (BA.2.86), which could soon be classified as different from omicron. The ‘conselleria’ has already detected it in wastewater in Catalonia (not in clinical samples at the moment).
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In addition to the cases of covid, flu and VRS detected, the ‘conselleria’ has reported that in the week of August 21 to 27, 1,976 cases of strep throat (30% of all pharyngitis) and 54 of scarlet fever, which represents a slight increase over the previous decrease (25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the case of streptococcal pharyngitis and one case per 100,000 inhabitants in the case of scarlet fever).
The diagnoses of impetigo, They also show an upward trend after the previous drop with an incidence of 38 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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