Spanish regions are not reliably informing central government of positive Covid-19 infections, warns Health minister Darias


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After 11 weeks of rising numbers, the cumulative incidence rate of Covid-19 infections in Spain fell on Wednesday 19 January. But Health Minister Carolina Darias has complained the autonomous regions are not consistently providing her ministry with their daily totals of positive infections and she worries that the data is incorrect. Public Health specialists have also voiced concerns that the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Spain being underestimated, partly because people who test positive with an antigen test at home are not reporting it to their relevant health authorities. While the Health Ministry recognises that some people will not...