The latest official figure released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Friday 24th September for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus since the start of the pandemic is now 4,946,601. This is an overall increase of 2,746 against the figure released on Thursday, of which 1,223 have been registered in the past 24 hours.
Thursday had seen an overall increase of 3,031 over Wednesday, of which 1,307 were registered in 24 hours. The peak of recorded infections for a 24-hour period during the pandemic in Spain was on 21st January, when 18,504 cases were registered.
The overall incidence rate across Spain has fallen another 2 points to 69.37 per 100,000 inhabitants for the past 14 days – the lowest since August 2020.
Of the 1,223 new infections to have been registered in the past 24 hours on Friday 24th September the number in the Valencia Region was just 36.