At this level, there is little doubt that the European Union is experiencing the beginning of a momentary wave of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and, as cases of viruses accumulate across the continent, Spain emerges as the very reluctant leader of the herd.
The New York Times reported that Spain recorded more than 53,000 new cases last week, with 114 new infections consisting of 100,000 inhabitants.These figures mean that the virus is spreading faster lately in Spain than in the United States, about 8 times faster than in Italy and Britain and 10 times faster than in Germany, according to New York.Times.
Meanwhile, El País de España reports that Spain’s Ministry of Health has recorded 83 new deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the official death toll from the start of the crisis to 29,094.More than a portion of the most recent casualties came from Madrid.Spain, the region of Spain most affected lately by the new epidemic and, although the mortality rate is particularly lower than in March and April, El País confirms that it has doubled in less than two weeks, from 0.4 deaths consisting of 100,000 inhabitants to 0.8 .
However, there are some flashes of sweetness in all sadness and sadness.While the contagion rate is expanding nationally, the figures of Catalonia and Aragon, the two regions of northern Spain that experienced the largest accumulation in new instances in July, have begun to stabilize.
At a press conference on Monday night, Fernando Simón, director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) of the Ministry of Health, also showed that Spain has doubled its diagnosis since July.
“The accumulation is greater than we would have liked, but hopefully.We ran into almost as many instances as at the peak of March and April, but things are absolutely different from what they were at the time,” he said.Simon, according to El País.” But we can’t sleep easy, at least we can’t,” he added.”The population is not in danger, but they are concerned.”
Having been one of the countries most affected when COVID-19 arrived in Europe in the spring, Spain is recovering from the effect of the last coronavirus outbreak and the rate at which it has worsened.in the Spanish tourism industry.
Today, the Spanish national statistics authority reported that only 2.5 million foreign tourists visited Spain in July, a massive drop of 75% compared to the same month last year, when it received about 10 million visitors.In 2018 and 2019, 12% of Spain’s GDP came from tourism, according to the National Statistics Authority.
The rapid long-term does not seem much brighter for Spanish tourism.Although EU citizens are sometimes loose within the EU Schengen area, a number of developing European countries have recently established restrictions or quarantine periods for others arriving from Spain.Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
I grew up in Sweden and read in the UK, moved to Barcelona in 2010 and never looked back.I write about travel, with a specific topic about everything.
I grew up in Sweden and read in the UK, moved to Barcelona in 2010 and never looked back. I write about travel, with a specific topic about everything that is sustainable and local, and about pop culture. My ideal day would be to get lost in a new city, stumble across a little place to eat, and sample a dish I’ve never eaten before. If served with red wine or gin (or any other local alcohol, I’m not picky), it’s even better My paintings are in Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, American Way, Departures International, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, etc. Follow me on Instagram @ikliger.