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More than 1,000 people have died until this Friday in Spain from the Covid-19 coronavirus . The registry released by Health, to which data from the autonomous communities are being added, registered at mid-morning 1,002 deaths, 235 more than on Thursday, and 19,980 confirmed cases . . Health Minister Salvador Illa has called for "maintaining tension" on the measures because the numbers will continue to rise in the coming days. His words come when some hospitals begin to admit that they are at the limit and in some cases, such as that of Leganés, they have collapsed.

Coronavirus: the data in Spain

    Total figures: 19,980 diagnosed cases, 1002 deaths

  • 7,165 in Madrid (628 dead)
  • 3,270 in Catalonia (82 dead)
  • 1,465 in the Basque Country (71 dead)
  • 1,105 in the Valencian Community (33 dead)
  • 1,287 in Andalusia (30 dead)
  • 1,044 in Castilla-La Mancha (62 dead)
  • 1,147 in Castilla y León (43 dead)
  • 497 in La Rioja (7 dead)
  • 554 in Navarra (5 dead)
  • 578 in Galicia (5 dead)
  • 360 in Aragon (17 dead)
  • 344 in Asturias (2 dead)
  • 297 in Extremadura (10 dead)
  • 287 in the Canary Islands (4 dead)
  • 203 in the Balearic Islands (2 dead)
  • 204 in Murcia
  • 144 in Cantabria (1 dead)
  • 24 in Melilla
  • 5 in Ceuta
  • 1,588 people have been cured

    • Source: Ministry of Health

16:09 Police adapt material seized in Almería in operations against marijuana to disinfect

The El Ejido National Police Station (Almería) has adapted the use of material intervened in different operations against marijuana trafficking in the province to carry out the disinfection of different units and official cars through an ozonation system, which It allows to kill viruses and bacteria safely.

Police sources have confirmed to Europa Press that up to now it has been possible to adapt four devices and other police stations such as those in Granada and the capital of Almería have been interested in this system in view of its implementation in the fight against the coronavirus , reports Europa Press.

16:04 Pablo Casado demands more sanitary material and "massive tests" of coronavirus

The PP leader and the autonomous barons ask the government "more efficiency" and "harmonize the criteria" to evaluate those affected. Read Juanma Lamet's complete information.

15:36 Madrid City Council calls for the cessation of the works being carried out in the capital

The Madrid city council has sent a report this Friday to the Community of Madrid so that it, in turn, proposes to the State, which is the one with the powers, the cessation of the works being carried out in the capital. According to a study by Madrid Salud, the Consistory considers it "essential" to stop the work except in those cases that are "urgent, leak water or risk of collapse of the building itself," reports Pablo R. Roces .

15:33 The ideas of health personnel in the absence of suits and masks against the coronavirus

The ideas of health personnel in the absence of suits and masks: from an apron made with a plastic bag to a protective screen made with an x-ray. Read here the complete information of Ana María Ortiz .

15:28 Health remains unspecified: the material and the coronavirus tests will arrive "in the coming days"

"In the coming days". The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has once again clung to this expression used throughout the week when asked by journalists about when the new rapid tests for the detection of the coronavirus will be received and a supply will be available. Reasonably stable protection materials and masks for hospitals, after increasing complaints from health workers about the lack of material to tend to the already almost 20,000 infected, half of them hospitalized. Read here the complete information, prepared by Laura G. Ibañes.

15:24 The Armed Forces will reinforce in Madrid the transfer of those killed by coronavirus

The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announces that she has reached an agreement with the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, for the Armed Forces to reinforce the transfer tasks of those killed by the coronavirus , reports Marta Belver .

15.08 Crime Reduces During Coronavirus Alarm

The effect of citizen confinement for the state of alert to stop the coronavirus has supposed, according to the police responsible for state security, a decrease of 50% in the level of crime compared to the figure of the previous year. Likewise, regarding the number of detainees, the figure is reduced by 60%.

In addition, from now on, they have pointed out, a "0 tolerance" policy will be maintained with respect to infractions. [The complete information]

15.02 The 'Survivors' team will return from Honduras due to the coronavirus

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent 35,000 urgent SMS messages to Spaniards in Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, the United States and Thailand to return "urgently" due to the probable risk of closing these countries' borders with Spain, due to to the coronavirus crisis. Among them are 125 people who work or compete in the 'Survivors' program and who will also have to leave the country. [The complete information]

14.55 The Civil Guard creates a channel to communicate scams online for the coronavirus

The Civil Guard has created a channel through the account ciberestafas@guardiacivil.org where citizens can report possible fraudulent sales online using the coronavirus as an excuse. The institute warns that cybercriminals are taking advantage to launch campaigns with which to obtain personal and bank information and commit scams related to medical devices. As an example, it has detected cases such as offering free subscriptions for five years to digital music platforms and impersonations to institutions such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF requesting personal data on the occasion of a campaign related to the coronavirus.

It has also found several cases of scam attempts to pharmacies and companies related to the sector by offering large quantities of masks and similar products in high demand.

14.47 Pedro Duque, on the coronavirus vaccine: "There are deadlines that are inexorable"

Science Minister Pedro Duque said on Friday that researchers "work against the clock" to "find a solution" to the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus . And he warned that, despite the speed, "there are deadlines that are inexorable," although he has shown positive in relation to the vaccine. "It will arrive and be available to the Spanish," Duque has promised. These statements were made at a joint press conference held with the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa.

The vaccine is one of the methods that is being investigated in Spain. For Pedro Duque, it is necessary to determine "what exactly are the genes of the virus", an aspect that was already investigated in China until January and whose results were distributed to different laboratories around the world. Once the genes of the virus are known, the research involves "eliminating the parts of the virus that are harmful to humans" and keeping "some necessary" for the body to generate resistance. Furthermore, Pedro Duque has stated that the Spanish investigations are in coordination with those taking place in Europe.

14.29 Police abort a party in Leganés in full alarm for the coronavirus

National Police officers have aborted a party that was being held in a nightclub in a hotel in Leganés in full alarm for the coronavirus crisis . In the intervention, four people were punished, one of them the owner of the facilities where the disco was located. In the registry, 20 grams of cocaine have also been located. [The complete information]

14.12 The opposition warns of the attempt to nullify democratic control of the government in the coronavirus crisis

PSOE and Unidas Podemos raise the suspension of the terms of the initiatives in Parliament and refuse to establish a telematic commission to monitor the coronavirus crisis. PP and Vox have denounced that, hidden behind the mandatory prevention measures, the Government is trying to shield its management from the legitimate power of oversight of the parliamentary forces. [The complete information]

14.07 The Leganés hospital, collapsed by the coronavirus: "There have been people in chairs for 30 hours"

The wave of patients that the coronavirus is leaving has taken the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganés (Madrid) "to its maximum capacity", which is why "it no longer admits more patients" , as confirmed by health sources to EL MUNDO. The emergencies are three times over capacity, serving 240 people when they are ready for 80. [Complete information]

14.04 Supplies against coronavirus, "in the coming days"

The Minister of Health has avoided setting a date for the distribution to the autonomous communities of the essential materials in the fight against the coronavirus . "We are mobilizing all the resources," he assured in the appearance of this Friday. Salvador Illa has said that a million and a half of personal protective equipment will be distributed "where necessary." And he explained, without giving data, that he works "for a regular supply" of all materials.

Regarding respirators, efforts are focused, Illa said, on "acquiring material with the certifications and requirements, and increasing normal production." And in the same line he has referred to rapid detection tests. "I will not enter into controversy," the minister concluded when asked about the complaints made by some autonomous governments about the delay in the distribution of these materials.

13.50 The deaths from the coronavirus in Madrid are already 628, 63% of all Spain

The Community of Madrid continues to be the most affected by the coronavirus . The number of deaths in the Community of Madrid has increased by 130 people in 24 hours , to add 628, which represents 62.7% of all deaths registered in the country. According to data provided by the Ministry of Health, since Thursday 388 more infections have been confirmed in Madrid, up to 7,165, of which 678 are admitted to the ICU. 1,186 patients have been cured in this autonomous community.

The 7,165 confirmed infections in Madrid represent 36% of all those in Spain, which are already 19,980.

13.45 55 deaths from the coronavirus in Castilla y León

12 deaths in the last hours raise to 55 the number of deaths from the coronavirus in Castilla y León. Of the 1,147 infected, 85 are admitted to the ICU. [The complete information]

13.39 A rural portfolio working near Igualada dies of coronavirus

A rural portfolio that made the distribution in the town of La Pobla de Claramunt (Barcelona) , near Igualada but not in the confined area, has died of coronavirus, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) has reported.

Sources of this union have informed Efe this Friday that the 51-year-old portfolio died on the 18th of the year from coronavirus after consulting its primary care center on the 15th.

La Pobla de Claramunt is a town near Igualada that has its own post office and in it, in addition to the deceased, they worked another portfolio that is in quarantine and a third worker who currently provides the service. [The complete information]

13.34 The Marquis of Griñón, in serious condition due to the coronavirus

As our supplement 'The Other Chronicle' advances, Carlos Falcó, Marquis of Griñón is admitted to the Jiménez Díaz Foundation in serious condition after being infected by the coronavirus. [The complete information]

13.26 Andalusia prepares to medicalize hotels against the coronavirus

The Andalusian Government plans to tackle a peak of contagion of up to 15,000 cases of coronavirus and is also preparing to medicalize hotels, especially in the province of Malaga , the most affected. The community has 1,287 infections and 30 deaths, reports Chema Rodríguez.

13.14 The Minister of Health insists that "the worst days are coming" in the coronavirus crisis

The number of infections and deaths from coronaviru s will continue to increase in the next few days before reaching the peak after which they will begin to decline. "The worst days are coming," said the Security Minister in his appearance this Friday. His words confirm the progress made by mid-morning by Fernando Simón, who has admitted that some ICUs are "under stress, they have reached the limit." [The complete information]

Responding to criticism, among others, from the Community of Madrid for the lack of supplies, the Minister of Health has assured that "the role of the autonomous communities is being reinforced", to which he has guaranteed that "we will give them what we ask and we can provide them. " As for the implementation of the new rapid test system to detect the infection in all possible cases, Salvador Illa has limited himself to ensuring that they will start "in the coming days".

The Minister of Health has ruled out intensifying the protection measures adopted so far by Spain, which, he said, are among the toughest in the European Union and the world, and has assured that, "if they are strictly adhered to, they will help us to defeat the virus. " Illa has called for "keeping the tension" because "the difficult, hard days are coming now."

13.07 The Community of Madrid will set up a 5,500-bed hospital at IFEMA against the coronavirus

The Community of Madrid is going to set up a hospital with 5,500 beds within the IFEMA compound for patients infected with the coronavirus , Miguel G. Corral advances. The initiative has already been discussed with the Ministry and the UME, which is currently awaiting, will participate in it. [The complete information]

13.01. The Junta de Castilla y León approves new measures against the coronavirus

The autonomous president, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, has reported a one-month delay for different taxes for companies, a period that will be extended if the state of alarm for the coronavirus is extended. This measure wants to immediately inject 42 million into the pockets of 38,000 taxpayers. Mañueco will immediately release, through the Institute for Business Competitiveness (ICE) and in collaboration with Iberaval, 100 million euros of liquidity to reach 3,000 companies to continue their activity, reports Juanma Lamet .

12.53. Health admits that the pressure of some ICUs due to the coronavirus forces the selection of patients

The Ministry of Health has admitted that the "overload" and "pressure" in the ICUs of certain hospitals due to the coronavirus is forcing them to be "a little more restrictive" when it comes to admitting patients. This was acknowledged by the director of the Ministry's Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Fernando Simón, at a press conference after the meeting on the evolution of the coronavirus, asked if triages are being established when admitting patients to the intensive care units.

The management of patients in the ICU usually has restrictive criteria that are "much more lax than those of now," explained Simón, who recognized that in some specific ICUs, due to "overload and pressure", they have than being a little more restrictive.

12.50. Coronavirus: Barcelona City Council will attend to vulnerable people in a Fira pavilion

The Barcelona City Council will attend to vulnerable people in a 6,000 square meter Fira pavilion and 200 tourist apartments. Three new facilities for the homeless will also be established.

12.36. Health confirms the first case of contagion of coronavirus in El Hierro

The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government has confirmed that last night the first contagion of coronavirus was diagnosed in El Hierro. The case was confirmed this Thursday after 8:00 p.m., so it is foreseeable that it will not appear in the statistics by autonomous communities that the Ministry of Health discloses this Friday, but in that of Saturday. The patient, a male, has already been isolated in the Nuestra Señora de Los Reyes hospital. It is investigated whether he became infected during a trip to Tenerife and what his movements and contacts have been in recent times.

12.32. WHO warns of acceleration of coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic took three months to reach 100,000 cases and only 12 days to double and exceed 200,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, calling for redoubled efforts by the international community to "flatten the curve" and cut this troubling trend.

The growth rate "unfortunately shows the typical upward curve of epidemics and pandemics," stressed WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier at a press conference, who analyzed that this growth rate shows that work must continue on all fronts to stop the coronavirus .

To achieve this, "we must treat as many patients as possible, but at the same time continue the production of vital medical equipment, such as masks or ventilation devices" in addition to continuing research on vaccines and treatments carried out in laboratories of all the planet.

12.29. Coronavirus: security forces warn of rising detainees for disobedience

The National Police and Civil Guard have expressed their concern about "the upward trend" in the number of detainees for disobedience by failing to comply with the rules of the state of alarm for the coronavirus and have warned that the agents act proportionally but with "zero tolerance" towards the unsupportive.

"The only data that causes us concern and occupation is that the number of detainees is increasing (...) It is an upward trend," said the deputy director of operations of the National Police, José Ángel González, who has appeared together with him. number two of the Civil Guard, Laurentino Ceña. Specifically, the National Police has detained 55 people in the last twenty-four hours and the Civil Guard 20. In all cases for disobedience and resistance to authority after failing to comply with the mobility restrictions imposed by the state of alarm for six days .

12.27. More than 5,000 deaths from coronavirus in Europe

The pandemic of the new coronavirus has killed more than 5,000 people in Europe, according to official sources revealed to the AFP agency. A total of 5,168 deaths were recorded in Europe, the majority in Italy (3,405), the most affected country in the world. With 1,034 new deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 110,568 officially counted pollution cases, Europe is the continent most affected by the pandemic .

12.18. 37% of Madrid residents remained at home when declared alarmed by the coronavirus

37% of Madrid residents stayed home last Sunday throughout the day, without leaving even once, following the advice of the authorities after declaring a state of alarm to contain the spread of the coronavirus . This is indicated by a study carried out by Satya Insights, a Spanish start-up expert in monitoring and geolocation of mobile devices, which compares this percentage with that of the previous Sunday, where only 18 percent stayed at home.

12.13. Coronavirus: "The difficult days are coming now"

The director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, Fernando Simón, made an appeal during the press conference after the meeting of the Management Committee of the coronavirus crisis, to maintain "the tension". Simón has assured, after informing that in Spain there are already 19,980 infected by coronavirus, that "the difficult days are coming now" and that the measures established are "the adequate ones", but they must be complied with so that they begin to see their results.

11.47. 19,980 infected by coronavirus in Spain

The number of those infected by coronavirus in Spain is already 19,980, while the number of deceased exceeds 1,000 dead, exactly 1,002 dead , as announced by Fernando Simón at a press conference. 10,542 patients are hospitalized, 52% of the total affected, although the situation varies by Autonomous Community depending on patient profiles and the amount of detection, Simón said at a press conference after the Coronavirus Technical Management Committee. 1,141 are still in the ICU, but "some discharges are beginning, although in small numbers . " Six discharges have occurred in Madrid. Intensive care stays are "very long", up to 28 days.

11.43. Igualada coronavirus outbreak spread in 80-person meal

The Secretary of Public Health of the Generalitat, Joan Guix, explained that the coronavirus outbreak in the Barcelona town of Igualada, confined with three other populations since Thursday last week, began in a family group of five people. "Later, a meal was made with about eighty people linked to the family nucleus and with personnel from the Hospital of Igualada," explained the regional health manager. From then on, two branches developed: one inside the hospital and the other outside. The total number of deaths accounted for by this outbreak so far is 24.

11.40. Coronavirus: further decline in traffic in the capital

Another drop in traffic in the capital and in EMT bus passengers. Users in the EMT decreased 89.5% compared to Thursday, March 21, 2019, reports Pablo R. Roces . If a year ago Madrid buses transported 1,646,936 passengers, this Thursday they carried 172,973 passengers, 11,000 fewer than the day before. For its part, traffic intensity has decreased by 65.3% in M-30; 69.2% inside the M-30, and 64.7% outside the M-30.

11.32. Traffic falls almost half in Barcelona due to the coronavirus

Mobility in the Barcelona area has been reduced due to the state of alarm decreed to deal with the coronavirus between midnight and 8 a.m. this Friday, 44.8% compared to last Friday and 49.2% compared to that of two weeks ago, as reported by the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT). This Friday 78,139 vehicles have circulated, when 153,695 were displaced in the same strip on March 6 and on Friday, March 13, 141,506. The reduction with respect to the data of this Thursday of 3.5% (80,995 cars).

11.27. The UN warns that the world is "at war with a virus"

The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, has warned that the world is currently "at war with a virus", the new coronavirus , and has therefore called for "solidarity" of countries because "humanity she is distressed and the social fabric is tearing apart. "

During a virtual press conference at the UN headquarters in New York (United States), Guterres recalled that the situation caused by the new coronavirus , whose disease is called Covid-19 , "is unprecedented", so He has pointed out that the "creativity" of the answers given must be "up to" the exceptional nature of this crisis.

11.22. ERC asks not to do "a political battle" to extract revenue from the coronavirus

The deputy secretary general and spokesperson for the ERC, Marta Vilalta, has asked this Friday not to make "a political or partisan battle" to extract revenue from the health crisis due to the coronavirus . He has said it in an interview on Ràdio 4, when asked about the statements by the President of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, on the BBC, in which he accused the Government of not wanting to confine citizens.

"We would be wrong if we did a political or partisan battle, of politicking, trying to make a profit in this crisis situation. All efforts must go together to fight this virus, which is affecting too many people," Vilalta has defended.

11.07. An 82-year-old woman from a residence, tenth victim of a coronavirus in Extremadura

An 82-year-old woman from the nursing home in the Arroyo de la Luz town of Cáceres has died of coronavirus . With this new death, there are already ten deaths from coronavirus in the autonomous community of Extremadura, of which four of them belong to the outbreak in this town in Cáceres.

It should be noted that this 'Virgen de la Luz' Nursing Home accounted for 18 residents in the isolation area, of which 10 have been confirmed as positive by coronavirus and have been transferred to the Quirón de Cáceres private clinic so that they can remain isolated for prevent the spread of the virus.

11.03. Coronavirus: Santiago Abascal says that the "traitor" Torra lies

The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal , has charged against the statements made yesterday by the president of the Generalitat, Joaquim Torra, on the BBC blaming the Spanish Government for Catalonia being on the verge of collapse due to the coronavirus . In his opinion, these are the consequences of having a "criminal" at the head of the Generalitat, but he warns that "he will pay dearly."

The head of the Catalan Executive, who is confined in the House of Canonges of the Generalitat for having tested positive for coronavirus, gave an interview to the English chain BBC World Service in which he predicted the "collapse" of Health for next week. and again demanded the closure of Catalonia, questioning the actions being carried out by the central government. In the opinion of the president of Vox, these are the consequences of "having illegally kept a traitorous criminal at the helm of the Generalitat."

11.01. González Laya calls for calm: "You can't put a plane on every Spaniard"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, has highlighted the efforts being made by her department to help return the thousands of Spaniards trapped around the world by the coronavirus epidemic, to whom she has asked for "calm and patience" since "no You can put a plane to each Spanish citizen and it is also necessary that citizens are responsible. "

In two interviews with COPE and Antena 3, González Laya has reviewed the main problems facing Spaniards dispersed throughout the world and the efforts being made by Spain, in coordination with the rest of European countries, to help their citizens to come home to an increasingly closed world.

10.57. The study that warned of "the time bomb" that was the bat coronavirus

A study by the University of Hong Kong in October 2007 has already warned that the presence of a large reservoir of viruses such as SARS-CoV in horseshoe bats (rhinolophids), along with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China , was a "time bomb" for the appearance of new similar viruses, as has happened with SARS-CoV-2 , which causes coronavirus disease.

"Coronaviruses undergo genetic recombination, which can lead to new genotypes and outbreaks. The potential for SARS and other new viruses to reappear in animals or laboratories and therefore the need to be prepared should not be ignored." , the researchers warned in an investigation published in the journal Clinical Microbiology Reviews .

10.53. HBO postpones the premiere of the series Patria por la coronavirus

HBO Spain has announced this Friday its decision to postpone the premiere of the Patria series, its big bet of its own production for this year, due to the coronavirus crisis. The adaptation of Fernando Aramburu's novel about ETA's most dramatic years of terrorism was scheduled to premiere on May 17 and there is currently no new date, although it will be announced "as soon as possible," according to a statement released this Friday. The reason, an HBO Spain spokeswoman has specified, is that the post-production of the series had not yet been completed before the stoppage of activity to contain the coronavirus .

10.46. The Army will now enter some residences in Madrid to disinfect due to the coronavirus

The vice president of the Community, Ignacio Aguado, has revealed that the Army will enter this Friday, in the next few hours, in some of the residences of the autonomy where there have been infections to disinfect coronavirus . In an interview on 'TVE', Aguado stressed that the residences are "especially vulnerable places, where the virus enters is brutal because it spreads with absolutely impressive speed."

"We are seeing how, in a matter of hours, unfortunately, a significant number of elderly people have died in nursing homes and that is why it is important to put them on the same plane as the hospital health system. To those thousands of people throughout Spain who live in nursing homes they must be protected, we need workers to have all the necessary protection, "he stressed.

10.45. Spring is coming, an ally against the coronavirus

We are already in spring. The season started at dawn, at 4.50 am (Peninsular time), meeting a country that fights against the clock against the expansion of the coronavirus . And in this battle, the increase in temperature that it brings with it, can play in its favor. The Government trusts this to be so. The fourth vice-president of the Government and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, assured this Thursday that a hotter than normal next spring can help to stop the pandemic of the new coronavirus because the cases of flu or colds will drop and will allow better "discriminate" Covid-19 cases .

10.43. Coronavirus: Online form to register in unemployment in Madrid

Workers from Madrid who become unemployed during the coronavirus alert state , in which the employment offices remain closed, will be able to register as applicants for unemployment benefits by filling out an online form that will be published this Friday. on the website of the Community of Madrid. The announcement was made by the regional vice president, Ignacio Aguado, in an interview on TVE in which he said that this measure is being implemented in coordination with the State Public Employment Service so that they "receive the money as soon as possible."

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