Coronavirus COVID-19
Spain has performed more than 15 million PCR tests since start of epidemic
News - 2020.11.9
Between 30 October and 5 November, the regional governments have performed a total of 851,003 PCR tests, an average of 121,571 a day.
In addition, from 30 October to 5 November, the regional governments have performed a total of 133,885 antigen tests. Including the PCR tests performed, this amounts to a total of 1,142,815 diagnostic tests over the course of the week. Accordingly, the number of diagnostic tests has increased by 8%, at a rate of 318.96 tests per 1,000 inhabitants.
In addition, together with the diagnostic tests performed, the regional governments have also reported a total of 2,610,080 rapid antibody tests, at a rate of 55.42 tests per 1,000 inhabitants.
Furthermore, 1,760,915 antibody blood tests have also been performed, at a rate of 37.39 per 1,000 inhabitants, 8% up on the previous week.
In total, 19,394,289 diagnostic and detection tests for COVID-19 have been performed (PCR, antigen tests, rapid antibody tests and antibody blood tests), of which 1,292,007 correspond to the week from 30 October to 5 November.
New techniques are gradually being developed to diagnose the infection caused by SARS-Cov2, such as the case of the rapid antigen tests that the regional health authorities are starting to introduce to manage the pandemic.
The tests performed by the regional health authorities can be consulted on the following link:
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