Year: 2020

Health officials say they see a glimmer of hope with the epidemic slowing in terms of proportional daily increases in infections and deaths. Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus rose above 10,000 yesterday after a record 950 people died overnight. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy at 10,003 but the one-day toll was the highest for any country since the start of the epidemic. The number of […]

The Health Ministry’s María José Sierra says Spain is still in the stabilisation phase of the coronavirus pandemic. While the latest data is positive, the main focus is on patients in intensive care. The numbers in ICUs, she said, “reflects what happened two to three weeks ago, and twenty-two percent of cases have been discharged.” The number of coronavirus infections in the country are at 102,136, an increase of 7,719, […]

The Spanish Cabinet has approved a series of economic and social measures aimed at assisting those who are being affected by the almost total shutdown of the economy to slow the spread of coronavirus and ease congestion in the country’s hospitals. The Spanish Health Ministry announced that 849 people had died from coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, setting a new record for the number of fatalities in a day. […]

Health Minister Salvador Illa has described the latest coronavirus figures which show a slight decrease in day-on-day deaths as “a ray of hope.” Another 6,400 cases were confirmed, the lowest increase in new cases for a week. The total of deaths reached 7,340 after 812 new fatalities The total number of confirmed cases in Spain is 85,195, higher than China, by around 4,000 cases. More than 46,600 Covid-19 patients have […]

Despite a continuing increase in deaths from coronavirus here, the Health Ministry’s Fernando Simón, says the daily number of new cases has been falling for several days. Down 9% is the latest figure but there could be a delay in reporting because of the weekend. 20% of patients have now been discharged from hospital. Simon said it appears that the situation is stabilising, but the main problem is to avoid […]

The country is reaching the peak that we have been so worried about, in some parts they may even be moving past it, but we need to be cautious,” the words from the Health Ministry’s Fernando Simón, who added that the real battle now is in the overburdened intensive care units at hospitals. The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain has reached 5,704, while the official number of infections […]

The Health Ministry’s Fernando Simón says the country may be “approaching the long-awaited peak” in coronavirus infections, as the number of cases has risen by a smaller percentage in the past 15 days. Simón said “We have to prudent with these figures, but they are promising and give us some hope. The health expert also warned that “a drop in transmission will not be accompanied by a drop in pressure […]

The Health Ministry’s Fernando Simón, says “12.5% of patients have recovered from coronavirus here so far. This figure is rising every day but unfortunately we still have a larger number of deaths, the majority, 67%, are aged above 80 years old.” Simón said “We have gone from an increase of 738 on Wednesday to 655 on Thursday. “We don’t know if this will be a trend just yet, but it […]