By Tara Rippin • Published: 12 Jan 2021 • 17:00
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Axarquia has registered 137 new cases and one Covid death in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Andalucian Institute of Statistics and Cartography.
IN its daily update today, Tuesday, January 12, the Ministry of Health and Families of the Junta de Andalucía confirmed the new infections and the fatality in Sayalonga – which has now seen two deaths since the start of the pandemic. Velez-Malaga continues to be the municipality with the highest number of daily positives in the region, with 69 more cases. Twenty-five new infections have been registered in Rincon de la Victoria; eight in Nerja; six in Torrox and Algarrobo; four in Alcaucín and Salares; three in La Viñuela and in Alfarnate; two in Benamocarra and Benamargosa; and one in Comares, Arenas, Competa, Colmenar and Riogordo. The incidence rate in Axarquia Health District now stands at 306.2 per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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