viral outbreak in Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands.[3] By 13 March, cases had been confirmed in all 50 provinces of the country.
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Spain |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China[1][2] |
Index case | La Gomera, Canary Islands[3] |
Arrival date | 31 January 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases |
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Active cases | 60,764 (PCR-confirmed) |
Recovered | 140,823[4] |
Deaths | 27,104[4] |
A state of alarm and national lockdown was made on 14 March.[5] On 29 March it was announced that, beginning the following day, all non-essential workers were to stay home for the next 14 days.[6] By late March, the Community of Madrid had recorded the most cases and deaths in the country.[7]
On 25 March the death toll in Spain passed that of mainland China, and only Italy's was higher.[8]
On 2 April, 950 people died of the virus in a 24-hour period—at the time, the most by any country in a single day.[9] The next day Spain passed Italy in total cases and was then second only to the United States.[10]
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