Between 21 and 27 August, the regional governments have increased their capacity to perform this type of diagnostic testing by 10%. Furthermore, the PCR rate to date has grown to stand at 136.23 tests per 1,000 inhabitants.
Together with the PCR diagnostic tests performed, the regional governments have also reported that a total of 2,239,440 rapid antibody tests have been performed, at a rate of 47.55 tests per 1,000 inhabitants, and a rise of 2% on the number the previous week.
554,364 antibody blood tests have also been performed, at a rate of 11.77 per 1,000 inhabitants, representing a percentage increase of 20%.
In total, 9,210,337 diagnostic tests for COVID-19 have been performed since the start of the epidemic, of which 692,891 correspond to the week from 21 to 27 August.
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