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Spain registered 23,580 new cases of covid-19 this Thursday, a new record since the beginning of the pandemic, which brings the total number of infected to 1,160,083 in the country, according to figures released by the Spanish Ministry of Health.
Health authorities also counted 173 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 35,639.
2349 people were admitted to hospitals with the disease in the last 24 hours, of which 443 were in Catalonia, the same number in Andalusia and 330 in Madrid.
Across the country there are 17 520 people hospitalized with the disease, of which 2 404 patients are in intensive care units.
The cumulative incidence level in Spain this Thursday amounted to 468 diagnosed cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, being the autonomous communities those of Navarra (1,172), Melilla (1,290), Aragón (984), Rioja (736) , Castilla y León (735), Catalonia (681), Ceuta (653) and the Basque Country (554).
The Spanish parliament approved this Thursday the extension of the state of emergency to fight the covid-19 pandemic for six months, until May 9, 2021.
The measure, which has been in force since last Sunday, but which the Government could only decree for two weeks, was approved by a comfortable majority of 194 votes in favor, 53 against and 99 deputies abstained.
The state of emergency to try to counteract the progression of the pandemic in Spain establishes the mandatory curfew, except in the Canary Islands, from 23 to 6 hours, and each of the autonomous communities can advance or delay the measure by one hour.
The measure also grants each of the Spanish Autonomous Communities the necessary legal instruments to decide on measures such as the confinement of areas in their territory, municipalities or even the entire autonomous community.
On the other hand, the Community of Madrid has decided to confine the population of the region for the next two weekends, which last until Monday for two holidays, as a way to combat the covid-19 pandemic.
The president of this Spanish autonomous community, which has 6.7 million inhabitants, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, defended that she wanted to “close” the region “only on essential days” to avoid the usual displacement of millions of Madrid residents on these occasions.
The right-wing regional executive thus maintains a strong arm with the socialist central government, which defends longer regional confinements, although the health sector is the responsibility of the autonomous communities.
The region where the Spanish capital is located is thus far from most of the country’s autonomous communities, which in recent days have announced confinements at the level of the entire community and / or also at the level of their municipalities.
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