Elena G. Sevillano

The threshold of 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, considered to be the maximum alert level, was passed on August 20. Since then the virus has not stopped spreading

Experts say the restrictions on movement, many of which are already in place, will not be enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus without measures aimed at reducing capacity and social activity

The latest report from the Health Ministry included 217 new fatalities and indicated a rise in the hospital occupancy rate of Covid-19 patients

The number of confirmed infections in Spain now exceeds 800,000, while 139 new fatalities have been added to the total since Friday

Health Minister Salvador Illa warns that “much tougher measures” will be needed if action is not taken soon

A complete lockdown may be inevitable, epidemiologists believe, with the measures currently in place being too little, too late

In the first two weeks of September, Madrid alone recorded 29% more deaths than the average for the same time period

Infections continue to rise, according to Health Ministry data, with 11,193 new cases detected – 31% of them in Madrid

Madrid accounts for a third of all new cases, with one in five hospital beds occupied by a Covid-19 patient

In the Balearic Islands, authorities are extending restrictions on mobility to parts of Ibiza

The daily increase is the highest seen since the end of April, but heath official Fernando Simón sought to play down the figures at a press conference on Thursday

The Health Ministry has reported a total of 3,172 new coronavirus infections across Spain, of which 1,690 were detected in the last 24 hours

Medical centers are preparing for a surge in patients, as the number of Covid-19 outbreaks in the country rises to 580

The number of infections, deaths, hospitalizations and patients in intensive care continues to rise, with the cumulative rate of Covid-19 now nine times higher what it was in mid-June

According to the latest figures, 1,525 coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours

Quarantine measures and travel warnings have been introduced against the country, which now has the fifth-highest incidence of Covid-19 on the continent

Norway will impose a quarantine on travelers and France has asked its citizens not to go to Catalonia

The latest report from the Carlos III Health Institute reveals that 49.6% of patients did not know they had been in contact with someone with Covid-19

According to the Health Ministry, there are now more than 200 active outbreaks in the country

Since the beginning of the deescalation process, at least 105 infection clusters have been detected in the country, according to data collated by EL PAÍS

A judicial ruling rejected the regional authorities' attempts to order citizens in the Lleida area to stay at home, given the fast-rising number of new infections in several municipalities

The Spanish Health Ministry says measures should have been taken sooner to control the spread of the virus

A total of 10% of healthcare workers tested positive, while police and fire crews also saw higher than average incidences

The percentage of patients requiring hospitalization has fallen from 25% to 8% in two months, while the average age of those infected has dropped from 60 to around 50

The country recorded its highest number of new daily infections in three weeks, and there is concern an increasingly cavalier attitude towards the pandemic could lead to a second wave

Margarita del Val, who heads a cross-disciplinary scientific research effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic, offers her views on the possibility of a second wave in Spain, and what to do about it

Health officials also warned of the risk of imported infections, reporting 96 since May 11