Specifically, between 7 and 13 August, the regional governments have increased their capacity to perform this type of diagnostic testing by 8%. Furthermore, the PCR rate to date has grown to stand at 113.95 tests per 1,000 inhabitants.
Together with the PCR diagnostic tests performed, the regional governments have also reported that a total of 2,164,063 rapid antibody tests have been performed, at a rate of 45.95 tests per 1,000 inhabitants, and a rise of 1% on the number the previous week.
424,241 antibody blood tests have been performed, at a rate of 9.01 per 1,000 inhabitants and a percentage increase of 23%.
In total, 7,955,615 diagnostic tests for COVID-19 have been performed since the start of the epidemic, of which 483,584 correspond to the week from 7 to 13 August.
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