ARCHIVED - New Covid cases across Spain 20 per cent higher this weekend than last week
Fears of third wave of Covid grow as the incidence rate across Spain rises by 2 per cent
Anxiety over higher case numbers while Spain awaits its first vaccines
Fears of a third wave of coronavirus infection in Spain were bolstered on Monday with the publication of data by the Ministry of Health, reporting 21,309 new confirmed cases of the virus over the weekend as well as 389 more fatalities across the country.
The number of new patients represents an increase of 20.5 per cent over the previous Monday, and the worry is that this may be the beginning of a sustained rise caused by increased socialization and travel over the long holiday weekend between 4th and 8th December (although it is too early as yet to draw definite conclusions and the latest figures may simply be the result of restrictions on movement being gradually relaxed). At the same time, the 14-day accumulated incidence rate rose by