COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS: 61 new cases and one more death reported in Andalucia

The Junta de Andalucia’s Ministry of Health and Families has confirmed 61 new cases of coronavirus in Andalucia since yesterday (Saturday) bringing the total number of affected to 437.

The new declared cases are pending confirmation from the National Centre for Microbiology.

They have also confirmed the death of a 78-year-old patient who was admitted to the General Hospital of Jaén with previous pathologies making a total of six deaths.

As of 9 am this morning this is the current state of play by province:

Provincia	Positivo	Ingresos	UCI	Seguimiento activo	Fallecimientos	Alta
Almería	14	1	0	13	0	0
Cádiz	34	8	1	25	0	0
Córdoba	37	6	2	29	0	0
Granada	57	20	3	34	0	0
Huelva	6	0	0	6	0	0
Jaén	47	3	1	41	2	0
Málaga	180	81	12	83	4	0
Sevilla	62	15	4	42	0	1
Total	437	134	23	273	6	1

Repeat prescriptions

Starting tomorrow (Monday), patients who need to renew their prescriptions will be able to do so without going to the health centre. They should instead call their health centre. Throughout that day they will upload the prescriptions that patients need electronically to their health card.

With this measure unnecessary trips to the health centre will be avoided.