Madrid lifts restrictions on 10 of 41 districts as COVID-19 cases fall

The Community of Madrid has lifted restrictions on 10 of the 41 healthcare zones closed off due to spiking COVID-19 infections last month.

From today, people can once again move freely in and out of these healthcare zones.

It comes as the 14-day accumulated incidence dropped by as much as 50% – all of the 10 relaxed districts have an AI under 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Madrid’s overall AI over 14 days has dropped 324 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to last Friday’s update.

Together, these regions represent nearly 2% of the population of Madrid – or approximately 200,000 people.

They are: Brújula and Las Fronteras (Torrejón de Ardoz), Guadarrama, Peña Prieta and Rafael Alberti (Puente de Vallecas), San Andrés, San Cristobal y El Espinillo (Villaverde), San Blas (Parla) and Villajero (Moratalaz). 

It comes as Spain’s R number of infections rates has fallen below one – read more in BayRadio News’ write-up here.

Despite the lifting of restrictions, Madrid’s deputy chief of health, Antonio Zapatero, says that ‘the most advisable thing to do is keep to strictly essential trips’.

The following areas still have restrictions: Núñez de Morgado (Chamartín), Guzmán el Bueno (Chamberí), Entrevías, Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Alcalá de Guadaira, and Numancia (Puente de Vallecas); Daroca (Ciudad Lineal), Pavones and Vandel (Moratalaz), Puerta del Ángel (Latina), Virgen de Begoña (Fuencarral-El Pardo) and Infanta Mercedes y Villaamil (Tetuán); Villalba Pueblo, Collado Villaba Estación y Sierra de Guadarrama (Collado Villalba); Majadahonda por Majadahonda-Cerro de Aire and Valle de la Oliva; San Juan de la Cruz (Pozuelo de Alarcón); Pintores (Parla); Colmenar Viejo Norte (Colmenar Viejo); Morata de Tajuña; Doctor Tamames and Barrio del Puerto (Coslada); Galapagar; Alpedrete; El Boalo-Cerceda-Mataelpino; Villarejo de Salvanés; Colmenar de la Oreja; Chinchón; Villaconejos; San Martín de Valdeiglesias; Pelayos de la Presa; and Moralzarzal.

Visit El País’ interactive map to search for specific streets of areas in Madrid. Source.

🔴 Se mantienen las restricciones hasta el día 22 en:

📌 Majadahonda
📌 Moralzarzal
📌 Galapagar
📌 Villaconejos
📌 Pelayos
📌 San Martín de Valdeiglesias
📌 Collado Villalba
📌 Chinchón
📌 Alpedrete
📌 El Boalo-Cerceda-Mataelpino
📌 Villarejo de Salvanés
📌 Colmenar de Oreja pic.twitter.com/EyMS5zUw6R

— Comunidad de Madrid (@ComunidadMadrid) November 14, 2020

Written by BayRadio