Xinhua News Agency, Madrid, April 23 (Xie Yuzhi) The new crown epidemic situation data released by the Spanish Ministry of Health on the 23rd shows that the development of the country's epidemic situation continues to remain stable. As of 21:00 local time on the 22nd, local time, Spain had 4,635 new cases, with a total of 213,024 diagnoses; 440 new deaths, a total of 22,157 deaths; 3,335 new cases were cured, and 89,250 were cured and discharged.
A study by the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid showed that as early as mid-February, the new coronavirus had entered Spain through multiple routes and began to spread in the country. Fernando Simon, director of the Emergency and Early Warning Coordination Center of the Western Ministry of Health, said that the study shows that there may not be a single "zero patient" in Spain. He said: "When the neighbouring countries began to detect cases in the last week of February, the disease had spread in Spain in an unknown way."
The Spanish parliament approved the extension of the national emergency to May 9th again on the 22nd. This is also the third time that Spain has approved an extension of the state of emergency since Spain entered a state of emergency on March 14.