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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gave a national address yesterday to say the government intends to extend the coronavirus lockdown for another 15 days until April 26. He said the state of alarm that has confined us in our homes for the past three weeks must be extended if the country is to slow the coronavirus pandemic. The PM said he believes that is the time that the health system needs […]

Spain has overtaken Italy for the first time for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but the overnight death toll fell from the previous day, and health officlas remain hopeful. With 117,710 confirmed cases, Spain is now second in the number of infections only to the United States, which has a population some seven times larger. The death toll stands at 10,935, second only to Italy, with 13,915 fatalities. On […]

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 […]