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COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3] By 13 March, cases had been confirmed in all 50 provinces of the country.

COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
COVID-19 outbreak Spain per capita map.svg
Number of confirmed cases per million inhabitants by province (as of 2 May):      No data available     Confirmed <99     Confirmed 100–249     Confirmed 250–499     Confirmed 500–999     Confirmed 1,000–2,999     Confirmed 3,000–4,999     Confirmed ≥5,000(Provincial level data not available for Lleida, Girona, Barcelona, and Tarragona.)
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationSpain
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China[1][2]
Index caseLa Gomera, Canary Islands[3]
Arrival date31 January 2020
(3 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases
  • 228,691 (PCR-confirmed)[4]
  • 41,490 (ST-confirmed)
Active cases60,764 (PCR-confirmed)
Recovered140,823[4]
Deaths
27,104[4]

A state of alarm and national lockdown was made on 14 March.[5] On 29 March it was announced that, beginning the following day, all non-essential workers were to stay home for the next 14 days.[6] By late March, the Community of Madrid had recorded the most cases and deaths in the country.[7]

On 25 March the death toll in Spain passed that of mainland China, and only Italy's was higher.[8]

On 2 April, 950 people died of the virus in a 24-hour period—at the time, the most by any country in a single day.[9] The next day Spain passed Italy in total cases and was then second only to the United States.[10]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Spain Media

References

  1. ↑ "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)". www.who.int. Retrieved 24 March 2020. The outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
  2. ↑ Sheikh, Knvul; Rabin, Roni Caryn (10 March 2020). "The Coronavirus: What Scientists Have Learned So Far". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-coronavirus.html. Retrieved 24 March 2020. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Linde, Pablo (31 January 2020) (in es). Sanidad confirma en La Gomera el primer caso de coronavirus en España. https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020/01/31/actualidad/1580509404_469734.html. Retrieved 31 January 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "El mapa del coronavirus en España: 25.428 muertos y más de 218.000 contagiados". RTVE (in español). 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Estado de alarma por crisis sanitaria COVID-19—Atención e informacion—Punto de Acceso General". administracion.gob.es.
  6. ↑ "Spain poised to tighten coronavirus lockdown after record daily toll". www.msn.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Hedgecoe, Guy (26 March 2020). 'Top of the curve'? Spain hopes Covid-19 peak reached as deaths pass 4,000. The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/top-of-the-curve-spain-hopes-covid-19-peak-reached-as-deaths-pass-4-000-1.4213184. Retrieved 28 March 2020. 
  8. ↑ "Coronavirus latest: Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19". South China Morning Post. 25 March 2020. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3076802/coronavirus-latest-italys-virus-toll-shoots-back-doctors-see-hope. Retrieved 25 March 2020. "'Spain's coronavirus death toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after 738 people died over the past 24 hours,' the government said.". 
  9. ↑ Collman, Ashley. "Spain recorded 950 coronavirus deaths in a day, the highest single-day toll of any country". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Spain coronavirus cases surpass Italy". US News and World Report. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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