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Coronavirus in Spain figures (5 June)

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Report below updated in Spain at 17.15h on Friday 5 June

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figures* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Friday 5 June show a total of 27,134 deaths from Coronavirus in Spain – an increase of 1 in the past 24 hours. The figures also state there have been 52 deaths in the past 7 days.

Thursday’s figures had shown an increase of 5 deaths in 24 hours, and 56 deaths over 7 days. Wednesday had been an increase of 1 death in 24 hours, and 63 deaths over 7 days.

The current peak of recorded deaths related to Coronavirus in a 24-hour period in Spain was on 2 April, when 950 deaths were registered.

The official figure released by the Health Ministry on Friday 5 June for the total number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus only through a PCR test is now 240,978 – an increase of 177 over Thursday.

Out of the 177 new confirmed cases, 94 are in Madrid.

Thursday’s figure for the increase of infections only through PCR testing had been 195 over Wednesday. Wednesday had been 219 over Tuesday. Tuesday had been 137.

The current peak of recorded infections for a 24-hour period in Spain was on 31 March, when 9,222 new cases were registered (including from PCR and antibody).

A full breakdown in Spanish of the data per region, together with age group statistics can be found by clicking here.

*Confusion and discrepancies

There has been recent confusion regarding the Coronavirus mortality figures released by Spain’s central Health Ministry, as well as on-going discrepancies with the data released by some of the country’s regional health authorities.

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This week Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) published figures showing that the number of deaths for the first 21 weeks of 2020 have been 24% higher than for the same period in 2019 – based on information received from the country’s civil registries (1 January to 24 May). The number of deaths during this period for 2020 is 43,945 higher than in 2019.

The INE report of its latest statistics also states that the week between 30 March and 5 April saw the highest number of deaths in the year, ‘with 20,575 deaths, 154.6% higher than the same week in 2019′. During the week of 18 May – the last week included in the study – an estimated 7,470 people died, which is ‘a similar figure to the 7,429 from the same week in 2019′, the INE stated.

The Health Ministry figures are normally presented by Fernando Simón, director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, and who reports to the Health Minister Salvador Illa.

Salvador Illa has perviously said that, ‘Spain is following a very strict definition of cases [both for deaths and infections of Coronavirus] in line with international authorities, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 and then dies is considered a Coronavirus fatality.’

Pedro Sánchez with other members of his cabinet and staff at Moncloa, observing a minute’s silence on 5 June 2020 to mark the end of the official period of mourning for victims of Covid-19 in Spain. (Pool Moncloa / Fernando Calvo)

50% of Spain in Phase Three from Monday 8 June

The Spanish Health Ministry has announced the regions and provinces that move to a next phase from Monday 8 June in the four-phase de-escalation of lockdown restrictions.

We’ve published all the key rules and measures regarding the four phases in a separate report, together with the current ‘phase status’ for each region and province. The fully updated report can be found here: Lifting of lockdown in Spain – full details of all phases for all regions.

To download a full PDF (in Spanish) of all the updated measures for Phase Two that have been published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE), please click here

Here is also a link to a 29-page PDF (in Spanish) from the Spanish Health Ministry, providing all the guidelines for Phase Two.

On Saturday 30 May, the Spanish government published in its Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) the full details of all the measures for Phase Three.

Here is also a link to a 22-page PDF (in Spanish) from the Spanish Health Ministry, providing all the guidelines for Phase Three.

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