Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (20 Oct)
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Report below updated in Spain at 19h on Thurs 24 Sept
CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures
The latest official figure* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Thursday 24 September for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 704,209. This is an overall increase of 10,653 against the figure released on Wednesday – although the ministry claims that 3,471 of these infections have occurred in the past 24 hours. Figures today exclude updates from Andalusia for ‘technical reasons’.
The ministry 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 133,206 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 704,209. The figure for infections detected in the past 7 days is 58,622.
Figures released today also show that 2,404 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 189 in intensive care.
The official figures* for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday 24 September is now 31,118 – an increase of 84 since Wednesday. According to the ministry, it is a total of 500 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 11,289 infections against Tuesday’s figures – with the ministry stating that 4,143 had occurred in a 24 hour period.
Tuesday had seen an overall increase of 10,799 infections against Monday – yet 3,125 in a 24 hour period.
Monday has seen an overall increase of 31,428 infections against Friday‘s figures – yet 2,957 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 (figures from Friday 13 March), with 121 deaths. By Monday 16 March, there had been a further 4,960 infections. The total death toll on 16 March had increased to 309.
Of the 3,471 new infections registered in the past 24 hours by the Health Ministry on Thursday 24 September, the numbers per region are as follows:
- 1,097 in Madrid (49,719 new cases in past 14 days)
- 481 in the Basque Country (6,403)
- 337 in Navarra (4,310)
- 246 in Aragón (4,964)
- 199 in Castilla La Mancha (8,472)
- 185 in Extremadura (3,097)
- 131 in Catalonia (12,312)
- 121 in the Canary Islands (2,586)
- 107 in La Rioja (1,479)
- 105 in the Valencia Region (5,746)
- 102 in Castilla y León (8,753)
- 100 in Murcia (5,983)
- 100 in Asturias (1,095)
- 66 in Cantabria (1,215)
- 58 in the Balearic Islands (1,905)
- 21 in Galicia (3,001)
- 0 in Andalusia (11,746) – no update today
- 9 in Melilla (277)
- 6 in Ceuta (143)
A full breakdown of the data per region, together with age group statistics can be found by clicking here.
Madrid imposes new restrictions
Madrid has imposed new restrictions in 37 areas of the region, including in 6 districts of the city itself, starting from Monday for at least 14 days. For full details: Madrid in partial lockdown, with regional government under spotlight.
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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 since imposed the restrictions following their own timetable – and some regions have made restrictions even tighter. Read about the initial measures 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 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 were 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 was 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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