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Report below updated in Spain at 18h on Thursday 11 June
CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures
The latest official figures* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Thursday 11 June still show a total of 27,136 deaths from Coronavirus in Spain, with no daily change in four days. The ministry states that a ‘validation of the deceased cases is being carried out to correct the historical series, which will then be updated weekly’.
The figures state that there have been 32 deaths in the past 7 days.
Wednesday’s figures had shown 40 deaths over 7 days. Tuesday’s figures had shown 50 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 Thursday 11 June for the total number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus only through a PCR test is now 242,707 – an increase of 156 over Wednesday.
Of the 156 new cases, 72 are in Madrid, 27 in Catalonia and 15 in the Valencia Region.
Wednesday’s figure for the increase of infections only through PCR testing had been 167 over Tuesday. Tuesday’s comparative figure had been 84 over Monday. Monday had been 48.
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.
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*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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Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) recently 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.’
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La Liga returns
La Liga finally kicks off in Spain again this evening after 93 days since matches were suspended on 12 March. There will be matches played nearly every day for the next 39 days – all behind closed doors, with strict health measures in place – with everything concluding on Sunday 19 July.
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Lifting of Lockdown phases
We’ve published all the key rules and measures regarding the four phases of the government’s de-escalation plan 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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Our previous reports on Coronavirus in Spain:
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