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Andalucía registers the highest daily number of Covid infections since April, with 2,007 cases

Nursing a patient. File photograph.
Nursing a patient. File photograph. / SUR
  • The cumulative incidence rate for the region has risen to 173, on a day with five coronavirus deaths reported

Andalucía has, this Friday (2 July), registered the highest number of daily coronavirus infections since April, adding 2,007 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The data from the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (IECA) also shows five deaths, after no deaths were recorded on Thursday.

The cumulative incidence rate of the region has risen for the second consecutive day, after dropping for 12 days, and stands at 173.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, some 7.1 points more in a day and 8.2 points more than a week ago.

The 2,007 cases in the last 24 hours are registered after the 1,689 positives on Thursday, the 1,324 on Wednesday, 1,095 on Tuesday, 1,260 on Monday and Sunday, 1,327 on Saturday and the 1,328 last Friday.

By provinces, Malaga is again the one with the most cases with 552, followed by Seville with 336, Granada with 306, Cadiz with 247, Cordoba with 205, Jaén with 186, Huelva with 89 and Almeria with 86.

As for the five deaths, two were recorded in Seville, one in Almeria, one in Malaga and another in Huelva.