The arrival of more doses and the opening of mass vaccination points have accelerated the pace of vaccination in Catalonia. Thus, this Saturday the Health Department has reported for the first time that in one day more than 100,000 Catalans have received a dose of the vaccine against covid-19. In total, 106,000 people have been vaccinated in Catalonia in the last 24 hours: 55,877 first doses and 50,123 second doses have been injected. Thus, in total, 23.9% of Catalans have already received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 10.9% have already received the full course.

"We are in a fragile moment," said Catalan Health Minister Alba Vergés on the evolution of the pandemic in Catalonia, and the data certify it. After a week balancing below the maximum threshold set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the percentage of positive tests has risen slightly above 5% (5.11% of PCR and antigen tests that have been carried out in the last 7 days have been positive). In addition, the speed of spread of the virus (Rt) has grown significantly (from 0.92 to 0.95) and could reach 1 this week. On the other hand, there are five fewer patients in ICUs in Catalonia. This means we will have to wait to see how these indicators behave in the next updates to confirm new trends.

Salvador Illa announced a few days ago that Olga Pané, current manager of the Hospital del Mar, would be his Minister of Health if he were to become president of Catalonia. Laura Borràs made a surprise announcement during the debate on TV3 pointing out the name of the current secretary of Public Health, Josep Maria Argimon, and stating he would be her Health Minister. Of the three parties that, according to the polls, dispute the victory on 14-F, it only remains to be known who would occupy the position of Health Minister if it depended on ERC. And, in spite of the fact that the republicans have in their list the current Minister of Health, Alba Vergés, the head of list, Pere Aragonès, has avoided on Wednesday to confirm her continuity. "I will wait for the results of 14-F before assigning responsibilities", he answered when asked by Lídia Herèdia on Els matins de TV3. "From 14 February we can start talking about names", he insisted when asked a second time. And, on the third, he stressed that " Minister Vergés has done an extraordinary job", but he did not confirm she would continue.