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Spain recorded 123 deaths due to the covid-19 pandemic in the last 24 hours, compared to 143 on Sunday, which was the day with the fewest deaths since March 18.
So far, Spain represents a total of 26,744 deaths.
According to the Spanish Ministry of Health, there were 373 new positive cases with the disease, a number that is also decreasing, bringing to 227,436 the total number of infected people confirmed to date by the PCR test, the most reliable for detecting the virus. .
Daily data also indicates that, in the last 24 hours, 257 patients were hospitalized, out of a total of 122,971 people who have needed to be hospitalized so far.
Half of the population of Spain today began the so-called “phase one” of the plan to ease the rigid measures approved in mid-March to combat the covid-19 pandemic.
This step foresees, among other measures, the opening of small shops without the need for prior reservation, of the terraces, provided that they have up to a maximum of 50% of their occupancy, and the possibility of up to 10 people meeting.
However, the two richest and most populated regions of the country, Madrid and Barcelona, are among the areas that will remain for a few more days in the current phase zero, in force for a week, when the partial opening of small shops. street, always by appointment and with limited access.
Most of the Spanish provinces bordering Portugal pass to phase one, with the exception of several Spanish municipalities in the autonomous community of Castilla y León.
The lifting of existing measures that restrict citizens’ mobility should only end at the end of phase three, scheduled for the last days of June or the first of July.
Spain is the second country with the most deaths from the pandemic per million inhabitants (569 deaths), after Belgium (751) and before Italy (505), the United Kingdom (469) and France (404), in a list where States United has 244 and Portugal 111.
Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 280,000 deaths and infected more than four million people in 195 countries and territories.
With a decline in new patients in intensive care and contagion, several countries have begun developing plans to reduce confinement and, in some cases, to alleviate various measures.
As of Monday, half the population of Spain benefits from another relief from the very strict measures to combat the covid-19 pandemic, at a time when the number of daily deaths continues to decline.
The so-called “phase one” of the transition plan to the new normality foresees, among other measures, the opening of small businesses without the need for prior reservation, of the terraces, provided they have up to a maximum of 50% of their occupation, and the possibility Up to 10 people can meet.
However, the two richest and most populated regions of the country, Madrid and Barcelona, are among the areas that will remain for a few more days in the current phase zero, in force for a week, when the partial opening of small shops. street, always by appointment and limited access.
Health authorities believe that these areas, which are most affected by covid-19, will have to wait a few more days to prepare their health systems for the next stage of deflation.
The lifting of the measures in force since mid-March that restrict the mobility of citizens should only end at the end of phase three, scheduled for the last days of June or the first of July.
The new coronavirus pandemic has killed 280,693 people and infected more than four million worldwide since December, according to an AFP report at 19:00 GMT on Sunday, with official data from the country.
According to data compiled by the French news agency, at 19:00 GMT (20:00 Lisbon) today, 4,070,660 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 195 countries and territories since the epidemic began last December, in the Wuhan Province of China.
However, AFP cautions that the number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the actual total infections, as a large number of countries are evaluating only those cases that require hospital treatment. Among these cases, today at least 1,354,100 are considered cured.
