Spain sees further drops in new coronavirus cases, deaths

The number of new COVID-19 cases and new deaths continued to fall in Spain, according to the daily data published by the Spanish Ministry for Health on Monday.

The total number of confirmed cases recorded in the 24 hours between Sunday and Monday rose by 4,273 to 135,032 from 130,759. The growth has slowed down continuously. A total of 6,023 new infections were registered between Saturday and Sunday, fewer than the 7,026 new cases in the previous 24 hours and 7,472 between Thursday and Friday.

The number of deaths rose by 637 from 12,418 to 13,055.

This is down from the 674 new deaths reported on Sunday. It means the number of new deaths in a 24-hour period has fallen for four consecutive days from a high of 950 deaths recorded on April 2.

A total of 59,662 patients now need hospital treatment in Spain, 918 more than on Sunday, with 6,931 requiring intensive care — just 70 more than those on Sunday, helping lift some pressure in Spain’s hospitals.

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Madrid and the Catalan region continued to be the two worst affected parts of Spain, with Madrid passing the 5,000 death mark, with 5,136 reported deaths from a total number of 38,723 cases, while the Catalan region has now registered 2,760 deaths from 26,824 infected cases.

Meanwhile, the number of patients who have recovered increased to 40,437 from 38,080.

“The growth of the pandemic is falling in nearly every region of Spain,” confirmed Dr. Maria Jose Sierra from the Center for the Coordination for Health Emergencies at the Spanish Ministry for Health, at the daily press conference of the Technical Committee for the coronavirus emergency.

Sierra explained that the number of new cases was falling on a daily basis, and the lockdown meant that people infected by the coronavirus are now passing it to fewer people.

Source: Xinhua