Europe faces prospect of further Covid measures later in the year as share of Omicron BA.5 cases rise in Portugal and Germany
Spain recorded 199 deaths in the seven days ending on 29 March, down from 260 the week before. The percentage of Covid patients in hospitals fell from 5.64% to 5.53%, while the proportion of Covid patients in Spain’s ICUs fell from 4.25% to 3.98%.
The BA.5 subvariant’s share of cases is also on the rise in Germany, albeit from a lower level. According to a weekly news bulletin by Germany’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, BA.5’s share of cases has approximately doubled every week over the last month, from 0.2% of cases at the end of April to 5.2% by 22 May.
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