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Coronavirus in Spain figures (17 Sept)

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Report below updated in Spain at 19h on Thurs 17 Sept

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Thursday 17 September for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 625,651. This is an overall increase of 11,291 against the figure released on Wednesday – although the ministry claims that 4,541 of these infections have occurred in the past 24 hours. Figures today again exclude updates from Murcia for ‘technical reasons’ – as was the case yesterday.

The ministry states that it is still verifying and updating historical data (please also see discrepancies in figures* below). It has also not been updating any figures during the weekends since Friday 3 July.

There have now been 122,154 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 625,651. The figure for infections detected in the past 7 days is 56,785.

Figures released today also show that 2,357 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 160 in intensive care.

The official figures* for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday 17 September is now 30,405 – an increase of 162 since Wednesday’s figures (and according to the ministry, it is a total of 419 deaths in the past 7 days).

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

Increase in infections

Figures released on Wednesday had shown an overall increase of 11,193 infections against Tuesday’s figures – with the ministry stating that 4,728 had occurred in a 24 hour period.

Tuesday had seen an overall increase of 9,437 infections against Monday – yet 3,022 in a 24 hour period.

The current peak of recorded infections for a 24-hour period in Spain was on 31 March, when 9,222 new cases were registered.

When Spain imposed its ‘state of alarm’ from Saturday 14 March, the Health Ministry had confirmed 4,231 known cases of Coronavirus at the time (based on figures released on Friday 13 March), with 121 deaths. By Monday 16 March, there had been a further 4,960 confirmed infections, taking the total at the time to 9,191. The death toll on 16 March had increased to 309.

Of the 4,541 new infections registered in the past 24 hours by the Health Ministry on Thursday 17 September, the numbers per region are as follows:

  • 1,613 in Madrid (43,939 new cases in past 14 days)
  • 551 in the Basque Country (7,508)
  • 521 in Andalusia (11,342)
  • 318 in Aragón (4,720)
  • 268 in Extremadura (2,440)
  • 221 in Navarra (3,555)
  • 183 in Castilla La Mancha (7,352)
  • 161 in La Rioja (1,298)
  • 141 in the Canary Islands (3,331)
  • 122 in Cantabria (1,586)
  • 110 in Catalonia (12,195)
  • 107 in Galicia (3,182)
  • 80 in Asturias (797)
  • 78 in the Valencia Region (5,994)
  • 54 in Castilla y León (7,380)
  • 7 in the Balearic Islands (1,600)
  • 0 in Murcia (3,544) – no update today
  • 3 in Melilla (266)
  • 3 in Ceuta (125)

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

A local policeman being tested in Mollerussa
A local policeman being tested in Mollerussa, Catalonia, where mass testing has recently been carried out by the Catalan Health Dept. Six positive cases were identified out of 440 PCR tests. (Photo courtesy Ajuntament de Mollerussa / @ajmollerussa Twitter)

Spain imposes strict new measures on nightlife

On Friday 14 August Spain announced strict new measures on nightlife across the whole country – as well as a ban on smoking outside, where social distancing cannot be maintained – in a further attempt to stop the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Each region of Spain has imposed the restrictions following their own timetable – and some regions have made restrictions even tighter.

These are the key measures:

  • Music bars, nightclubs and discos will be closed across Spain.
  • All other bars and restaurants to close at 1am, with last customers allowed by midnight.
  • Following the measures already taken in Galicia and the Canary Islands, smoking will also be prohibited outside if 2 metre social distancing cannot be maintained.
  • There should be 10 people maximum at tables.
  • No ‘botellones’ (street drinking parties) allowed.

Read the full report here: Spain imposes strict new measures on nightlife across the country

*Discrepancies in figures

Although the Health Ministry updated its official Coronavirus mortality figures on 19 June following on-going discrepancies with the data released by some of the country’s regional health authorities – there are still huge differences in the ‘excess mortality’ figures published for this period in Spain.

Click here for full report: Spain’s ‘excess mortality’ during Coronavirus pandemic is over 43,000

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.

Spain – ‘New Normality’

After three months under a ‘state of alarm’ (since 14 March), Spain entered its ‘New Normality’ phase on Monday 22 June, following on from the government’s four phased plan to relax the country’s lockdown restrictions.

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