The province of Alicante registers two new outbreaks of coronavirus in Elche and one in Orihuela

The three foci are of labor origin and Health reports 55 new infected in the province in the last 24 hours. Consellera Ana Barceló announces the hiring of 85 new trackers

To. To . S., Informacion.Es 28.07.2020 | 20:26

File photo of PCR testing in Elche.
File photo of PCR testing in Elche. ANTONIO AMORÓS

The Ministry of Health has reported the appearance of three new outbreaks in the province of Alicante . Two of them have been detected in Elche , have a work origin and affect four and five people respectively. The third outbreak has been detected in Orihuela, also in a work environment, with three infected. Thus, there  are ten active outbreaks in the province.

New cases in the Valencian Community

The Valencian Community has registered 114 new cases per PCR test since the last update , which places the total number of positives at 12,895 people. By province, the number of new cases is: 16 in Castellón (1,808 in total); 55 in the province of Alicante (4,333 in total) ; 43 in the province of Valencia (6,749 in total). In addition, 41 cases from previous days have been reassigned and there are still 5 cases pending assignment.

On the other hand, there have been 67 discharges to patients with coronavirus , so the total number of cured persons now amounts to 18,104 people: 2,571 in Castellón, 6,008 in Alicante and 9,524 in Valencia, in addition to 1 in an unassigned case.

Coronavirus outbreaks in Alicante: The province registers two new ones in Elche and one in Orihuela

Thus, there are currently 1,064 cases active , which represents 5.5% of the total number of positives.

Valencian hospitals currently have 75 people admitted: 11 in the province of Castellón, with no ICU patients; 14 in the province of Alicante, 3 of them in the ICU; and 50 in the province of Valencia, 6 of them in the ICU.

In the last week there have been no deaths from coronavirus , so the total number of deaths remains at 1,477 people. By provinces: 227 in the province of Castellón, 513 in that of Alicante and 737 in the province of Valencia.

The total number of tests carried out for the detection of the coronavirus amounts to 565,077, of which 433,244 have been through PCR and 131,833 through rapid tests.

Hiring of 85 new trackers

The Minister of Universal Health and Public Health, Ana Barceló, has announced the hiring of 85 new trackers, mainly documentary technicians, who join the 1,008 that the Valencian Community currently has for the  follow-up of contacts in positive cases by coronavirus . In this sense, she stressed that "we are the autonomous community that has hired the most trackers for that purpose."

Barceló has warned, on the other hand, that "the number of  new infections by coronavirus  is accelerating in recent days." In fact, it has doubled in the last 14 days. Therefore, "we cannot trust ourselves, we must not forget that this invisible enemy that is the coronavirus does not distinguish between family, friends, co-workers or complete strangers. We must never abandon prudence and in any situation."

In the Valencian Community, 48 outbreaks of greater or lesser affectation have been detected and encapsulated, 27 of them in the last week, with a total of 506 cases. "This allows us to know that the system is working and that, despite the increase in cases, we have the capacity to continue its traceability. In this line, Barceló explained that 45.2% is related to the social sphere, and meetings Family or friends represent 22.6%, the same percentage as in outbreaks related to meetings associated with leisure spaces, and 49% correspond to people between 15 and 34 years old and 31% between 35 and 64 years old.

"Our concern is focused, at the moment, on the increase in cases as a consequence of mobility, family gatherings, terraces and nightlife, because we know that they are the origin of a large part of the infections that have occurred in the last weeks ", Barceló pointed out.