The incidence of the coronavirus in the province of Alicante reaches the maximum of the pandemic with 1,762.65 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

The Alcoy health department once again registers the worst figures in the province and in the entire Valencian Community, as it happened during the third wave of the pandemic just a year ago. In just four days, 1,214 infections have been added, and the number of sick people rises to 3,864, almost a thousand more than at the end of last week. Thus, the incidence rises to 2,826.3, well above the rest of health areas, which it has also surpassed in an increase in active cases. Among the main towns in the area, the highest index is that of Banyeres, where the 335 affected resulted in a rate of 4,724.96. It is followed by Ibi, with 801 active cases and an incidence of 3,399.25, and Onil also presents exorbitant values ​​of 236 patients and 3,105.26 incidence. On the other hand, the active cases in Alcoy are 1,644 and the rate amounts to 2,769.82. Also Castalla, Muro and Cocentaina have indexes above 2,000.

At the end of last week, the department of Alcoy was the only one in the province with an incidence of more than 2,000, but no longer. Elda, 2,153.32; Dénia, with 2,133.92; and Elche-Hospital General, with 2,064.62, also exceed that scale. In Alto and Medio Vinalopó, the most worrying situation is that of Biar, where 184 of its just 3,700 residents are ill, resulting in a rate of 5,034.2. The data from Pinoso and Sax are also extreme, with 276 and 309 active cases, respectively, and 3,439.25 and 3,134.19 incidence. In the municipality of Elda it is at 2,001.4, with 1,057 affected, while Monóvar and Petrer are between 2,000 and 3,000.

Meanwhile, in the Marina Alta it is also another small-medium-sized population that offers the worst figures: the panorama continues to complicate in Orba, where active cases are already 116 and the incidence is 5,197.13. Another municipality in a delicate situation is El Verger, with 190 patients and a rate of 4,034.83. Among the towns with more than 5,000 inhabitants, the only one with an index above 3,000 is Ondara, with 3,547.2 and 251 affected. However, Pego and Pedreguer remain very close, with 2,980.36 and 2,918.41, respectively, and 302 and 230 active cases. In Dénia the incidence is 2,171.53 and the patients are 930. Almost identical rates are recorded in Xàbia and Benissa.

In the city of Elche the average incidence is 1,717.89, but it should be taken into account that the western half of the municipality belongs to the department of Elche-Crevillent, whose rate is much lower but equally extreme: 1,131.09. Another department that does slightly exceed the provincial average is the General Hospital of Alicante, with 1,781.09, a figure somewhat higher than that for the capital itself, which stands at 1,696.09. On the other hand, San Vicente del Raspeig is above: 2,126.22.

The average for the department of Sant Joan d’Alacant is 1,675.28, and 1,593.28 in that of the Marina Baixa. At a local level, Benidorm is at 1,615.33, below the figure for the province as a whole. For its part, the Orihuela area registers 1,314.26 and that of Torrevieja continues to be the only one that remains below a thousand active cases per 100,000 inhabitants, specifically 953.37. The data is higher than that of the end of the week, but there are only 65 more active cases than then, a small number compared to the rest of the province. In local code, Orihuela registers a rate of 1,026.69 and that of Torrevieja is 1,009.84.