Caravaca and Mortatalla are on high alert for contagion by Covid-19, almost half of the region´s municipal areas are on medium alert, and the contagion rate per ioo,ooo head of population has risen from 361 to 673 in a week.
Tomorrow is D-Day for masks in the interior but in the past 24 hours there were 790 new cases of the virus registered in the region and this total only covers vulnerable groups such as the over 60´s. The contagion rate in the general population is untested and, therefore, does not form part of the statistics.
In patient numbers, which rose by 33% yesterday, remain steady today at 118 with 12 in intensive care.
Sad to report three more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll to 2,225 in the region.
Calasparra currently stands at low risk of contagion by the virus with four active cases registered in the last week
