By Cathy Elelman • Published: 21 Apr 2020 • 13:45
POSITIVE SIGNS: There have been no Covid-19 deaths and seven more recoveries since Monday CREDIT: mattthewafflecat on Pixabay
DESPITE a small increase in the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Almeria in the last 24 hours, there are encouraging signs the coronavirus pandemic is being contained in the province. The Junta de Andalucia’s Health department reported another five confirmed infections today Tuesday, up from three yesterday. But there have been no further coronavirus-related deaths since Monday, while another seven patients have made a full recovery. The Covid-10 case provincial total currently stands at 466. Since February 28, the first day a coronavirus case was officially confirmed in Almeria, 193 patents have required hospital treatment. The number of patients in intensive care remains unchanged at 36. In all 43 people have lost their lives to the virus. The recoveries total has gone up to 160.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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