El País

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will convene a Cabinet meeting to approve the measure, which is aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus in Spain

Fatalities reach 5,704 but the real figure could be higher as untested victims are not being counted, study finds

Government says protective gear is on its way, and insists the food supply chain is guaranteed

The total number of infections has passed the 56,000-mark, up 8,578 on the day before

A request for judicial cooperation sent by Swiss prosecutors to a Spanish judge reveals multiple payments to Corinna Larsen, who used part of the money to purchase real estate

With the infection rate now surpassing Italy’s, government will extend the lockdown until April 12

“This is the tough week, when we are all waiting to see if the measures we have adopted will take effect,” says health chief

The average temperature in the country was 1.8 above the norm for the season, with some places seeing highs of more than 30ºC

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the decision after warning Spaniards that the number of coronavirus cases was set to rise over the next week

Seventy percent of patients in intensive care are aged above 60 years old, health authorities report

More than 5,000 hospital beds have been set up at the Ifema convention center in Madrid, while police at checkpoints will be stopping people from traveling

Officials admit the worst is yet to come as Spain exceeds 1,000 deaths and field hospitals start going up across the country

Criticized by government officials for “misrepresenting the truth,” Quim Torra later said his words had been poorly translated

Health authorities warn that the figures may not indicate the true scale of the local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Bank of Spain warns that the economy will experience “an unprecedented disturbance” due to the pandemic

Despite the situation, there are still around 100,000 tourists at hotels on the Canary and Balearic Islands

The number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has now reached 17,174 in the country, with 3,431 new cases in a day

Dozens of seniors are reported dead at nursing homes while the foreign ministry asks Spaniards living abroad to stay where they are

More people are probably going to die, says a healthcare source familiar with the situation at the center

Pedro Sánchez addressed a near-empty parliament on Wednesday, to explain the measures the government is taking to combat the coronavirus pandemic

“We are not ruling out closing the airspace,” said Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Tuesday, after land borders were shut on Monday night

Unidas Podemos and regional parties want a congressional inquiry into alleged Swiss bank accounts tied to Felipe VI’s father Juan Carlos I

The priority for the administration now, as well as stopping the spread of the pandemic, will be the minimizing of the economic damage caused by the crisis

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska says only Spaniards, residents and citizens who cite force majeure will be able to enter national territory from midnight

Madrid government believes fall in the number of new cases will only be seen in the region after 10 days of total lockdown

Emeritus king Juan Carlos I has also been stripped of annual stipend in bid to distance the reigning monarch from supposed financial irregularities