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Spain’s incidence rate soars to 435 after spike in cases

By Tara Rippin • Published: 12 Jan 2021 • 12:09

New Covid cases rise significantly in Axarquia

CREDIT: EWN Media

Spain’s incidence rate has soared to 435 after a ‘pandemic high’ of new cases over the weekend.

ACCORDING to the Ministry of Health, 61,422 new infections were reported between Friday, January 8 and Monday, January 11, and 401 deaths.

The alarming figure have seen Spain’s cumulative incidence of Covid-19 shoot up to 435.62 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, from 350 last Friday.

The incidence rate has risen in all the autonomous communities, placing six of them above 500 cases and skyrocketing above 1,000 in Extremadura (1,021 cases).

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Tara Rippin

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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