Overview
- Catalonia reports an 85% week‑on‑week jump to 137 diagnoses per 100,000, with children 5–14 at a very high epidemic level and 35 hospitalizations, including five ICU admissions.
- Madrid exceeds its epidemic threshold at 112 cases per 100,000 after a 164% weekly rise, with the highest rates in children and new outbreaks recorded in elder‑care settings.
- Aragón elevates Huesca to epidemic risk level 2 alongside Zaragoza, enabling centers to require masks for staff, while Andalusia issues a masking recommendation in health and care facilities through January 8 with defined triggers for mandatory use.
- The national plan to be voted sets four risk scenarios using SiVIRA and other indicators, moving masks from recommended to mandatory at higher levels, reassigning or granting leave to symptomatic care‑home staff, encouraging telework for symptomatic workers, and expanding urgent and ICU capacity when needed.
- Hospitals begin surge actions such as Hospital de la Ribera’s new 10‑bed respiratory area and added staffing, as primary‑care physicians’ society SEMERGEN urges masking in health and crowded indoor settings and a coordinated national response.