Coronavirus in Spain figures (29 Sept)

Report below updated in Spain at 21.15h on Tues 29 Sept

CORONAVIRUS in SPAIN – latest Health Ministry figures

The latest official figure* released by the Spanish Health Ministry on Tuesday 29 September for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 758,172. This is an overall increase of 9,906 against the figure released on Monday – although the ministry claims that 2,586 of these infections have occurred in the past 24 hours.

The ministry is still verifying and updating historical data. It has also not been updating any figures during the weekends since Friday 3 July.

There have now been 138,277 cases of Coronavirus detected in the past 14 days – out of the total 758,172. The figure for infections detected in the past 7 days is 60,178.

Figures released today also show that 2,271 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 179 in intensive care.

The official figures* for the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday 29 September is now 31,614 – an increase of 203 since Monday. According to the ministry, it is a total of 443 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 Monday had shown an overall increase of 31,785 infections against Friday’s figures – with the ministry stating that 2,425 had occurred in a 24 hour period.

Friday had seen an overall increase of 12,272 infections against Thursday – yet 4,122 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 2,586 new infections registered in the past 24 hours by the Health Ministry on Tuesday 29 September, the numbers per region are as follows:

640 in Madrid (52,288 new cases in past 14 days)
318 in Navarra (4,486)
269 in the Basque Country (5,954)
234 in Andalusia (14,285)
222 in Aragón (4,888)
134 in Catalonia (12,616)
130 in Extremadura (3,014)
120 in Castilla La Mancha (8,690)
83 in La Rioja (1,469)
73 in Cantabria (912)
71 in the Canary Islands (2,322)
67 in Asturias (1,240)
60 in Galicia (3,008)
57 in the Valencia Region (5,399)
43 in Murcia (5,757)
25 in Castilla y León (9,562)
18 in the Balearic Islands (1,911)
5 in Melilla (308)
17 in Ceuta (168)

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

Personnel of the 'Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME)' — Personnel of the ‘Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME)’ carrying out disinfection duties to combat the spread of Coronavirus in the ‘Operación Balmis’, during the height of the state of alarm in March 2020. (Photo courtesy of Ministry of Defence / UME)

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*Discrepancies in figures

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