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Health workers in the intensive care unit of Madridâs Isabel Zendal hospital in February.Carlos Rosillo
The percentage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by Covid-19 patients is the most worrying data point concerning the current situation of the pandemic in Spain. According to the Spanish Health Ministryâs latest epidemiological report, released Wednesday evening, the national occupancy rate now exceeds 20%, coming in at an average 20.09%. But in Catalonia, Madrid, La Rioja and the North African exclave city of Melilla, Covid-19 patients occupy more than 35% of all ICU beds. In the last 24 hours, 1,184 people have been admitted into intensive care with the virus, while 1,132 have left hospital â a figure that also includes deaths, although this is not detailed in the Health Ministryâs report. This is the highest ICU occupancy rate since March 16, when the third wave of the pandemic was still on a downward trend.