Sharp rise in pandemic deaths seen in August
Despite data suggesting latest wave is easing, severity of health crisis highlighted by summer figures
intensive care
Under 1,000 Covid-related hospitalizations for first time in 2 months
Outbreak risk indicator set to fall from 'very high' to 'high' in coming days as one more week of restrictions comes into force
Lowest number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients in seven months
Outbreak risk moves from 'very high' to 'high' for first time in two months, while transmission rate sinks to 0.85
Covid-19 patients in intensive care are younger and becoming sicker faster
Barcelona's Hospital del Mar says 30% of those hospitalized for coronavirus end up in intensive care - before the UK strain this figure was 20%
Covid patients in Catalan hospitals surpass 3,000
Numbers in ICU have doubled in less than a month to reach 684
Catalonia to begin making respirators with 3D printers
Public-private partnership will see production of 50 to 100 such devices instrumental for intensive care units