Specifically, between 14 and 20 August, the regional governments have increased their capacity to perform this type of diagnostic testing by 9%. Furthermore, the PCR rate to date has grown to stand at 124.2 tests per 1,000 inhabitants.
Together with the PCR diagnostic tests performed, the regional governments have also reported that a total of 2,205,074 rapid antibody tests have been performed, at a rate of 46.82 tests per 1,000 inhabitants, and a rise of 2% on the number the previous week.
This means that 462,433 antibody blood tests have been performed, at a rate of 9.82 per 1,000 inhabitants, representing an increase of 8%.
In total, 8,517,446 diagnostic tests for COVID-19 have been performed since the start of the epidemic, of which 557,549 correspond to the week from 14 to 20 August.
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