Malaga reports a slight rise in cases and coronavirus infection rate

The province of Malaga in Spain has reported a slight rise in cases and the coronavirus infection rate.
The Ministry of Health has reported a slight increase in Covid cases and the rate of infections in the province of Malaga, on Friday, October 16. There have been no deaths registered from coronavirus in the last 24 hours and 86 people have been cured of the disease.
A total of 69 positives have been reported – 24 more than yesterday- and the cumulative incidence has stood at 39.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days ( a two-tenths increase over the day before). In Andalucia, a slight rise in cases has been reported, with 297 infections registered – 118 more than the day before- and the rate has risen to 29 cases per 100,000, (up by six-tenths).
Incidence rates in Malaga
The Malaga health district with the lowest incidence of the virus is La Vega (10 infections per 100,000), followed by Serranía (14.5), Axarquía (28.2), Málaga (36.5), Costa del Sol (50.3) and Guadalhorce (50.5). Axarquía, the Costa del Sol and La Vega districts have a lower rate than on Thursday, those of Malaga, Serranía and Guadalhorce have suffered a slight increase.

Since the pandemic began last year, 154,996 cases of coronavirus have been detected in the province of Malaga, discovered through diagnostic tests for active infection (PDIA), which include PCR and rapid antigen tests. In Andalucia, the positives have risen to a total of 805,158 inhabitants diagnosed by the PDIA.

The virus has claimed the lives of 1,978 people in Malaga since the first death was recorded on March 13 of last year. So far in October, there has been a total of 18 deaths. The total deaths in the region of Andalucia. (which are included in the official statistics), are 11,292 after adding the seven registered today.

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