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| According to today's statistics from Health Area IV, the cases in the municipality have fallen drastically to 181, compared to the peak reached on November 14 with a total of 451 cases | The Local COVID-19 Monitoring Committee has positively valued the joint strategy of the Ministry of Health and the Caravaca City Council, based on local tracking teams, selective tests on specific groups, the devices of the Local Police and , last but not least, the greater collective awareness of society "The good figures that we collect as a result of everyone's efforts during these difficult last weeks should not lead us to relax, since we have to continue on this path until there is a cure.
We must improve the incidence accumulated at 14 days and, with all security measures, to be able to resume an essential activity, on which the economy of many families depend, such as the hotel industry, based on regional regulations " The COVID-19 point in Caravaca de la Cruz has carried out more than 9,500 PCR tests since the start of the health alert and in the last week there have been more than 800.
In addition, since October 19, a total 586 tests of antigens, as reported by the mayor, José Francisco García, at the end of the Local COVID-19 Monitoring Committee. The mayor, José Francisco García, has publicly reported the health data, "which show a notable improvement in the incidence of the virus, which is very positive news, but it cannot translate into social relaxation, but we have to continue making a great effort to continue reducing infections and their transmission ", has indicated José Francisco García, while adding that" the decrease in the accumulated incidence to 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants is fundamental and could lead to the next week for the activity on terraces to resume in a sector as affected as the hospitality industry ". Currently, Caravaca de la Cruz has a total of 181 positives, with a single positive case detected in the last 24 hours.
Of these, 11 belong to districts.
The epidemiological peak was reached on November 14 with 451 cases. The Local COVID-19 Monitoring Committee has positively valued the measures adopted and has decided to continue working on the same joint strategy for which the Ministry of Health of the Region of Murcia and the City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz opted before the alarming increase in cases. This strategy is based on four basic pillars: the exhaustive tracking of positive cases and their contacts for compliance with quarantine by a large team of municipal workers; conducting screening or selective tests on certain sectors of the population as an early detection measure and special devices of the Local Police to ensure compliance with local, regional and national regulations of the state of alarm. "The fourth pillar of this strategy and the most important for the rest to work and move forward is the responsibility of the entire Caracas society, which must be aware every day of the importance of respecting prevention measures," the mayor stressed. The chief inspector of the Local Police, Juan Moya, has corroborated a notable improvement in citizen behavior, since in the first 15 days of November 80 sanctions were imposed, that is, an average of 40 per week, and the latter have dropped to 11 complaints.
In the last three weeks, 20 weekly controls have been carried out -in morning, afternoon and night shifts- on perimeter mobility vehicles, plus services on foot for the correct use of a mask or the monitoring of patients in whom non-compliance with quarantine, among other services. The most serious outbreak registered in the municipality due to the high vulnerability of those affected, was that of the Residencia de Ancianos de la Santísima and Vera Cruz, a private facility that was immediately medicalized by the Ministry of Health, through the rapid intervention team Corecaas and Health Area IV, with its own staff, reinforced by hiring and also by voluntary doctors. In the residence, 9 doctors from different specialties work, 1 area supervisor, 1 unit supervisor, 1 nursing home expert, 15 nurses and 30 nursing assistants.
More than 30 workers from the residence, plus a cleaning and disinfection company. The mayor stressed that, after a few very hard weeks of work by health workers and support personnel, with an important and continuous deployment of means, the situation for the moment begins to stabilize, since in the last screenings carried out on the About 150 residents and religious have not detected any new case.
The current positives are 64, there is one hospitalized and since the beginning of the outbreak the deaths from COVID have risen to 14. "At this point, I express again on behalf of the entire Caravaca people my condolences for the deceased and a message of encouragement to all those affected and their families, as well as my deepest gratitude to the professionals who are part of the operation, who are leaving the skin on it, even well beyond their strict work obligations, "the mayor stressed. Citizen awareness The mayor has repeated the need to join forces to build a retaining wall to stop the chain of transmission.
"No measure will continue to have the desired effect without the cooperation of Caravaqueños.
It is a highly transmissible virus and our behavior today is decisive for the future of tomorrow," he said. According to the statements made by José Francisco García, "improving involves a great effort on the part of everyone and especially of the economic sectors directly affected by the crisis.
But going back steps on this path is easy and very fast if there is a relaxation on the part of the population in terms of strict compliance with the measures, so I appeal not to lower our guard and reduce social contacts to the nuclei of coexistence " Regulations for the Region of Murcia The Government of Murcia has decided to extend through publication in the BORM until December 9 the curfew or restriction of movement from 11:00 p.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
and the regional perimeter confinement and that of its 45 municipalities. The updated regulations -that the President of the Community, Fernando López Miras, transmitted to the mayors in a new telematic meeting after the last COVID Committee of the Region of Murcia, will allow to open the terraces to bars in towns with a lower incidence of the coronavirus in the last 14 days for every one hundred thousand inhabitants. In Caravaca, the 7-day index for every 100,000 inhabitants has dropped drastically for the moment, but we will still have to wait at least one more week to improve the 14-day index.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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