For four consecutive days, the amount of daily deaths caused by COVID-19 in Spain has dropped
So far, Spain has seen 135,032 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country with 13,055 total deaths, they are currently second in the world for number of cases, ahead of them is the United States.
Spain are also the second in the world for their numbers of deaths sue to COVID-19, the country with the most deaths from the virus is still Italy with a reported 15,887 fatalities.
The Spanish public have been living under severe lockdown restrictions for over three weeks, with measures now extended to last at least until the end of April.
Many businesses, including shops and restaurants, have closed since the 14th of March and the Spanish public have been told to stay at home and to only go outside to carry out essential tasks.
Monday’s figure of 637 is the lowest recorded in nearly two weeks, since 24 March. It is a drop from the 674 new deaths confirmed on Sunday. The daily death toll hit a peak of 950 fatalities on Thursday the 2nd of April.
Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez was quoted by Reuters as saying:
“It is important to know who is contaminated to be able to gradually lift Spanish citizens’ lockdown,”
This is welcome news after Spain had behaving record numbers of deaths from COVID-19 in the country repeatedly.
Deputy head of Spain’s health emergency committee, Maria Jose Sierra, has said that the pandemic’s growth rate appeared to be slowing down “in almost every region” of the country.
40,437 people have recovered from the coronavirus so far in Spain, and declining death rates in a number of the worst-hit European countries, including Italy, France and Germany, are raising hopes for the world that strict social distancing measures are working well to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, has said that some restrictions as a result of the current pandemic lockdown, including keeping non-essential workers at home, could be lifted following Easter.
Speaking on the weekend, Sánchez said the country was “close to passing the peak of infections” but said he was extending lockdown measures until 25 April because the restrictions were “saving lives”.
