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02 October 2020

Madrid will be the first European capital to return to lockdown, starting at 10pm this evening and for at least 14 days, together with its nine satellite cities.

For about 4.8 million Spanish citizens, therefore, restrictive measures are taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus, given the increase in cases in Spain, the country most affected by the infection in Europe.

The scenario will not be comparable to that of last March, when it was forbidden to leave the house.

Among the measures implemented is the reduction of the opening hours of bars and restaurants, which will have to close at 11pm instead of 1am.

In addition, restaurants, gyms and shops will only be able to accommodate half of regular customers.

At the moment, there are no sanctions for those who leave the Autonomous Community of Madrid, as explained by the Minister of Health Enrique Ruiz Escudero, however urging them to avoid unnecessary travel.

The decision, taken by the central government, was challenged by the president of the Community of Madrid Isabel Diaz Ayuso who filed an appeal denouncing a '' abuse of power '' and highlighting the economic damage of a new lockdown that '' limits fundamental rights '' '.

In the appeal presented by the Community of Madrid it is estimated that the impact of these new restrictive measures for 71% of the capital's population risks causing a loss of "750 million euros a week".

According to official data released by the Ministry of Health, 9,419 cases of Covid-19 and 182 deaths have been ascertained in the last 24 hours in Spain.

With these figures, the number of people affected by the pandemic in the country rises to 778,607, 31,973 of whom have died.

The incidence of the virus among the Spanish population in the last two weeks is 274 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Germany: +2,673 cases in one day, maximum since April


Germany has recorded 2,673 new cases of Covid-19 in one day, the maximum since mid-April, with 8 deaths.

This was announced by the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases.

The total number of cases since the beginning of the epidemic in the country has thus risen to 294,395, with 9,508 deaths.

The absolute maximum of infections in Germany was recorded between mid and late March, with peaks close to 6,000 cases per day.

In recent days, however, in Germany the number of Covid patients in intensive care has increased: according to the data of the Rki they are currently 362 against 296 last week and 238 in the previous one.

Yesterday, the new cases reported by the institute were 2,503, with 12 deaths.

The 7-day incidence on the population is 14.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

In 4 districts, including that of Berlin, however, there are more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The incidence of contagion is also high in Bremen, Hamburg and in North Rhine Westphalia.

The virus reproduction index is 0.9 based on the 4-day average and 1.04 over 7 days.

The index reports values ​​above 1 from the second week of September, 'a development that needs to be monitored closely', underlines the Rki.

United Kingdom: cases of just under 7000


The number of daily coronavirus infections in the United Kingdom surveyed by the government remains more or less stable below 7000 cases, but only slightly: indicated today at 6,968 against 6,914 yesterday, but compared to a new European record of daily tests performed in absolute numbers, which rose to almost 265,000, more than double that of Italy.

The deaths recorded in the 24 hours were instead 66 (against 59 yesterday), while the total number of patients currently admitted to hospitals throughout the Kingdom continues to gradually increase - but without the accelerations of last spring for now - reaching 2376, 341 of which assisted with ventilator in intensive care.