Hospital emergencies increased by 2.5% last week
The emergency attending the public Catalan hospitals rose 2.5% last week - from 4 to 10 February - which, in absolute terms amounted to a total of 59,489 hospitality, while the number of emergency also entered rose 2.1%, with a total of 6463 cases.
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According to the Regional Ministry of Health, increased health care activity data does not record out of the ordinary at this time, as shows that a year ago charitable activity was 3% higher in the emergency room and treated by 0.3% in income.
In children's hospitals, the attending emergency activity and revenues also rose by 3.6% and 10.5% respectively. Overall, attending emergencies in these facilities reached the 3381, while revenue was 304. Over the previous year there is also a decrease of 14.3% and 21.2% respectively.
Activity in Primary Care Centers (PAC) and household activity decreased slightly from the previous week, with 757,108 visits and 22,326 homes, while call centers (acute) visits increased slightly (+2.3 %).
According to information gathered by the Information Plan for Acute Respiratory Infections in Catalonia (Pidirac), influenza activity influenza virus A (H1N1) shows a low intensity and below the epidemic threshold, as the incidence rate ILI reported by the network is 55.4 cases per 100,000 population.