MADRID – Spain’s death toll from COVID-19 rose by 513 to 58,319 on Friday, in one of the highest one-day increases since the first wave of the pandemic, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
It is said that 38,118 new infections were also detected, which was not the previous record of 44,357.
And the pressure on hospitals continued to increase, with 44% of all intensive care beds occupied by COVID-19 patients.
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In another worrying sign, the Madrid region reported on Friday about an outbreak in a nursing home that caused eleven deaths and infected all of its 48 residents, as well as 17 people.
According to the newspaper El Pais, the house in the mountains near the capital escaped the deadly first wave that tore through nursing homes in March and April last year.
Meanwhile, doctors have complained about recent delays in the delivery of vaccines that have forced several regions, including Madrid, to stop vaccinating new people from priority groups, such as medics, and to administer only the second shots to those who already ‘ received a first dose.
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“The inability … to deliver the required doses at the required speed was a crushing blow, at least for health workers,” said Javier Marco, medical director of Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid. of the pandemic for an unknown time “.
European countries are struggling, at least temporarily, with broad vaccines, as all Western vaccine manufacturers with approved shots – Moderna, Pfizer and its German partner BioNtech and AstraZeneca – are lagging behind with their initial delivery targets.
“We have been under tremendous pressure since March, with very bad living conditions, for fear that we could infect our families at any time,” Marco said. “What keeps us going is the need that society has for us.”
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