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Spain has become the first country in Western Europe to register one million cases of coronavirus, doubling its number in just six weeks.
The total number of cases in the country is now 1,005,295, after reporting 16,973 cases on Wednesday, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health.
The infection rate in Spain began to climb rapidly in late August and began to reach 10,000 cases a day after a slowdown in positive tests over the summer.
The government is said to be considering imposing curfews in some of the worst-hit areas, including Madrid, in an effort to reduce the infection rate.
It comes when neighboring France considers extending its state of emergency for coronavirus until February 2021, as it is also close to one million cases.
On Friday, the country reported more than 30,000 cases in a single day, the highest since the start of the pandemic.
Tuesday’s total of 20,468 brought the national figure to more than 973,000, while nearly 34,000 people have died after becoming infected. coronavirus.
French media reported that hospitals in the cities of Clermont and Dijon were going into emergency mode, meaning they are postponing non-coronavirus-related operations and canceling staff vacations.
Hospitals in the Paris region went into emergency mode earlier this month, as coronavirus patients made up nearly half of all patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
Across Europe, 20 countries established new daily case registries, including the UK, which saw an increase of 26,688.
This was followed by Italy (15,199) and the Czech Republic, previously the Czech Republic (11,984), while Poland registered 10,040.
The Netherlands registered 8,500 new cases almost a week after ministers announced a partial shutdown.
Ukraine (6,719), Switzerland (5,596), Romania (4,848) Slovakia (2,202), Armenia (1,836), Slovenia (1,503), Croatia (1,424), Bulgaria (1,336), Greece (865), Belarus (733), North Macedonia (640), Bosnia and Herzegovina (728), Lithuania (311) and Latvia (188) also set new records.
