Coronavirus in Spain today, breaking news | The United Kingdom will fine up to 11,000 euros to those who skip self-confinement

The next morning the restrictive measures for 37 health zones of the Community of Madrid will come into force, still awaiting the judicial decision in this regard.

The measures will affect 855,000 citizens.

Last night, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, asked in a television interview for "unity" to stop the contagion of Covid: "I will offer Madrid all the resources."

He assured "not contemplating" any confinement in the country because, in his opinion, there are enough weapons to "bend the curve."

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The data of the coronavirus in Spain

* Source: Ministry of Health

Total figures: 640,040 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR;

30,495 deaths with a positive test on September 18.

• 187,045 in

  Madrid

  (8,999 dead)

• 128,901 in

  Catalonia

  (5,797 dead)

• 47,612 in

  Andalusia

  (1,662 dead)

• 39,430 in

  the Basque Country

  (1,749 dead)

• 38,872 in

  Castilla y León

  (2,931 dead)

• 34,370 in the

  Valencian Community

  (1,541 dead)

• 34,835 in

  Castilla-La Mancha

  (3,065 dead)

• 32,266 in

  Aragon

  (1302 dead)

• 18,593 in

  Galicia

  (702 dead)

• 14,205 in

  Navarra

  (553 dead)

• 13,371 in

  Murcia

  (193 dead)

• 12,059 in the

  Balearic Islands

  (270 dead)

• 11,479 in the

  Canary Islands

  (209 dead)

• 8,166 in

  Extremadura

  (544 dead)

• 7,333 in

  La Rioja

  (393 dead)

• 6,058 in

  Cantabria

  (231 dead)

• 4,340 in

  Asturias

  (341 dead)

• 664 in

  Melilla

  (4 dead)

• 441 in

  Ceuta

  (9 dead)

7.45.

Meeting in Madrid to set the police operation

The Community of Madrid celebrates this Sunday at the headquarters of the Madrid 112 Security and Emergencies Agency, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a coordination meeting in the area of ​​the Territorial Plan for Civil Protection.

The appointment, starting at 10.30 am, will be focused on the

.

Representatives of the Government Delegation and those responsible for security and civil protection of the municipalities of Madrid, Fuenlabrada, Humanes are summoned to the meeting;

Moraleja de Enmedio, Parla, Getafe, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Alcobendas, the eight municipalities affected by the measures approved by the regional government.

Specifically, it will be necessary to determine how many national police and, where appropriate, civil guards, when and where they will be needed in each health area of ​​the capital and the rest of the municipalities.

The State Security Forces and Bodies, which will coordinate with the Local Police, will reinforce citizen surveillance and will

on meetings, the closing of public spaces, the closing hours of establishment, will avoid undue concentrations , large bottles, clandestine parties, etcetera.

In principle, they will not be dedicated to stopping people and checking if their exits fall within those contemplated by the new regulations.

7.20.

Fine of up to £ 10,000 in UK if self-confinement is breached

The British who fail to comply with self-confinement in case of coronavirus infection will be fined up to 10,000 pounds sterling (about 11,000 euros), the government announced this Saturday when presenting the new rules to try to reduce the number of cases.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who declared this week that the United Kingdom is facing the

, has introduced new restrictions for the inhabitants of the north, north-west and central regions of England, the most affected.

Among these measures, the government introduced the legal obligation of self-confinement, starting on September 28, for people who test positive or in the event that the National Health Service (NHS) asks them to do so.

"The best way to fight the virus is for everyone to follow the rules and isolate themselves if they are at risk of transmitting the coronavirus," the prime minister declared.

The UK asks people who

test

to isolate themselves for

, while those living with someone who

tests

positive or has

must

.

To encourage compliance with these standards, low-income people can receive

($ 645) grant

during their quarantine.

The United Kingdom has been the European country most affected by the pandemic, with almost 42,000 deaths recorded, and faces a rapid increase in the number of new cases in recent weeks.

We are seeing it in France, Spain, in all Europe. I fear that it is absolutely inevitable that we end up seeing it in this country, has insisted Johnson.

7.10.

Italians vote in referendum and regional elections despite coronavirus

Italians defy the advance of the coronavirus to vote in a referendum and regional elections, especially in Tuscany, a stronghold of the left for half a century that the extreme right hopes to seize.

(more than 20 million inhabitants) elect their presidents.

In three of them, a possible victory for the right would be a slap in the face for the government of Giuseppe Conte, a coalition formed a year ago between the 5-Star Movement (M5S, anti-establishment) and the Democratic Party (PD, center-left).

And the whole country votes in a national referendum on the

, an electoral promise of the M5S.

The number would drop from 945 to 600.

In these first elections since the pandemic, the

will influence the turnout to polling stations, which are open Sunday and Monday morning.

Only 1,820 voters, homebound due to the coronavirus, asked to vote remotely.

This is the case of the former head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi, who has contracted the coronavirus but was discharged from the hospital a few days ago.

3.09 Mexico exceeds 694,000 cases and 73,000 deaths

Mexico reached 694,121 confirmed cases and 73,258 deaths caused by Covid-19 by adding the 5,167 new infections and 455 deaths that were reported this Saturday to the country's health authorities.

In the daily balance on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic presented at the National Palace, percentage increases of 0.74% in cases and 0.62% in deaths are observed compared to the panorama of the previous day.

Since the pandemic was declared last February, Mexico has applied a million 580,377 tests to patients who presented signs and symptoms of Covid-19, explained the undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion of the Mexican government, Hugo López-Gatell.

In about 43% of these tests, the result was positive for the virus, while a total of 804,832 were negative, a figure that represents just under 51%, according to the data of the daily balance.

The Ministry of Health indicated that to date 81,424 suspected cases have been reported, which are patients who have already had laboratory tests but whose results are pending.

2.12 Panama accumulates 105,601 cases and 2,247 deaths from COVID-19

The confirmed cases of Covid-19 reached 105,601 this Saturday and the deaths to 2,247 in 196 days of pandemic in Panama, said the authorities, who affirmed that the rest of the year the classes will continue at a distance and that they are preparing the 2021 school calendar with a combined mode.

In the last 24 hours, 722 new cases and 18 deaths were detected from the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the daily report of the Ministry of Health indicated.

There are 874 hospitalized patients, 144 in intensive care units (ICU) and 730 in the general ward, while 21,886 are isolated at home and 404 in hotels that temporarily function as hospitals.

1.50 Argentina registers 9,276 new cases of coronavirus and 94 deaths

Argentina reported this Saturday 9,276 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 622,934, while deaths increased to 12,799, after 94 new deaths were registered in the last hours.

The number of confirmed cases today marks a decrease compared to those of Friday, when 11,945 infections were registered, although on weekends the report of positives is usually lower.

The daily evening report released by the Argentine Ministry of Health specifies that the 94 deaths registered in the last hours correspond to residents of the country's capital and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan , Santa Fe, Tucumán, Río Negro and Santiago del Estero.

Another 49 deaths were included in the official morning report this Saturday.

1.35 Colombia confirms 7,927 new coronavirus infections and 186 deaths

Colombian health authorities reported 7,927 new cases of Covid-19 this Saturday, bringing a total of 758,398 infected, while adding 186 deaths for a cumulative 24,039 deaths from the pandemic.

Of the total number of infections in the country, there are 105,083 active persons, corresponding to 13.85%, and 627,685 patients have been recovered, that is, 82.76%.

The highest numbers of cases of the day, detailed the Ministry of Health, were registered in Bogotá (1,796), Antioquia (694), Valle del Cauca (661), Tolima (438), Santander (399), Cundinamarca (393) , Cesar (385) and Huila (331).

00.54 CCOO denounces that the Police are not communicating positive cases in their public offices

The union assures that it has had to communicate to the Madrid and Andalusia Health Councils the existence of cases that Interior did not do, and that the tracking protocols are not being complied with.

CCOO denounces that the Police is failing to comply with the duty to communicate the cases of positive coronavirus of workers in their dependencies, as well as ignoring the rest of detection and tracking protocols, with the serious risk that this entails, since it is treated in many occasions of places open to the public through which hundreds of people pass every day.

There are DNI offices or police stations between these centers.

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00.13 Brazil exceeds 4.5 million cases and 136,000 deaths from COVID-19

Brazil this Saturday surpassed 4.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, a disease that already leaves more than 136,000 deaths in the country, the Government reported.

With 33,057 infections and 739 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, the South American giant already has 4,528,240 cases and 136,532 deaths from coronavirus, according to the latest bulletin released by the Ministry of Health.

However, the Government stressed that the number of recovered patients already exceeds 3.8 million, representing more than 84% of the total.

Meanwhile, another 571,613 people are still under medical care and 2,316 deaths are yet to be established.

Despite showing a slight improvement in recent weeks, Brazil remains the second country in the world with the highest number of deaths from the pandemic, behind the United States, and the third with the most infected, after being recently surpassed by India.

23.50 Guatemala exceeds 3,100 deaths from COVID-19 and 85,000 positive cases

Guatemala arrived this Saturday at 3,105 deaths from Covid-19 and 85,152 positive cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after accounting for 29 deaths and 809 infections in the last 24 hours.

The Central American country detected the 809 new cases after performing 3,170 tests in the last day, according to the data update this Saturday by the Guatemalan Ministry of Health.

According to the health portfolio, a total of 7,550 cases remain active, although the figure is an "estimate."

Among the active cases is the Guatemalan president, Alejandro Giammattei, who reported on Friday that he had contracted the disease.

The 64-year-old governor, doctor and surgeon, is in good health, as he declared both on Friday and this Saturday through official government channels.

22.52 President of Guatemala says he is in good health despite COVID

The president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, affirmed this Saturday that he is stable and without changes in his health 24 hours after confirming that he contracted Covid-19.

The 64-year-old ruler spoke through official media from his residence and explained that he is in good condition but that he spent the night "with insomnia."

"I must tell you that I spent a sleepless night, I could hardly sleep. They say it is part of the effects," said the doctor and surgeon, who was inaugurated as president for four years on January 14.

22.39 Florida confirms more than 3,500 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 deaths

The state of Florida (USA) reached 681,233 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 13,450 deaths this Saturday, and maintains the downward trend in daily positive cases of the new coronavirus, the state Department of Health reported.

The agency detailed that 3,573 new cases and 62 deaths were added in the last 24 hours.

Miami-Dade County, the most affected by Covid-19 in Florida, reached 3,055 deaths and 166,516 cases since last March 1 when the first case was registered in Florida.

Miami-Dade, with 2.8 million inhabitants, reopened cinemas, theaters, bowling alleys, concert halls and convention centers with restrictions of 50% of their capacity.

22.03 At the moment he rules out raising taxes

Although the president has assured that the tax reform is on the "road map", he has also said that "now is not the time, and that taxation will be in accordance with the current situation, that of the greatest crisis that had been experienced in the last 100 years. "

He has also affirmed that when the economic recovery has taken place it will be time to rethink the tax increase.

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21.59 It says that there will be an agreement for the ERTEs

Sánchez believes that this week an agreement will be reached between all those involved regarding the ERTE situation.

He said that services related to tourism for example have not been reactivated, but others have.

He says that "the debate now has to be finer", referring to the fact that ERTE can be extended to those sectors that are more resistant.

21.55 Defend that Fernando Simón has gone on vacation

Pedro Sánchez has defended that Fernando Simón has gone on vacation in the middle of the second wave: "He has every right, like any worker, and also in all this time he had only taken a week of vacation. It is perfectly understandable that he needs oxygen and also he has that right recognized by law. "

"In addition," added Sánchez, "Dr. Simón is a professional who was already in charge of CAES when we came to the government, and precisely because of his professionalism we kept him in office. Any Spaniard has been able to see how he is working from Monday to Sunday."

21.53 Is in favor of an audit when the crisis is over

When asked in

if he was in favor of an audit after the crisis, he answered bluntly: "Without a doubt", and added that in this way the things that have been done worse can be reinforced, public health and the treatment of old.

21.47 Sánchez is justified by saying that there was no neglect after the state of alarm

"I said that we came out stronger," the president replied when asked if there was neglect once the state of alarm ended.

Sánchez has defended himself justifying that it is not the same that Jemad, the DAO of the Police and the Civil Guard, representatives of Health and Transport, appear at a press conference every day ... But he says that they have continued to maintain weekly meetings, coordinating services, funds have been distributed ...

21.38 Sánchez says that he does not contemplate a new confinement at the national level

In an interview in

Pedro Sánchez, president of the Government, has assured: "We are witnessing a second wave throughout Europe. We must transmit confidence in the system and there is very high coordination between communities and the central government."

In addition, the president has affirmed that there will be no new national confinement: "I do not contemplate a new confinement of the country. It is true that the virus is unknown, but I think we have the tools to tackle it.

Next Monday I'm going to Puerta del Sol just to help.

The only thing I want is to bend the curve in the Community of Madrid, "she said regarding her meeting this coming Monday with Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

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