timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in spain timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in spain this section is an excerpt from covid-19 pandemic in spain. cases per 100k inhabitants (up to 7 december 2021) >4000 >6000 >8000 >9000 >10000 >11000 >12000 >13000 the covid-19 pandemic in spain has resulted in 13,845,825 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 120,964 deaths. the virus was first confirmed to have spread to spain on 31 january 2020, when a german tourist tested positive for sars-cov-2 in la gomera, canary islands. post-hoc genetic analysis has shown that at least 15 strains of the virus had been imported, and community transmission began by mid-february. by 13 march, cases had been confirmed in all 50 provinces of the country. a partially unconstitutional lockdown was imposed on 14 march 2020. on 29 march, it was announced that, beginning the following day, all non-essential workers were ordered to remain at home for the next 14 days. by late march, the community of madrid has recorded the most cases and deaths in the country. medical professionals and those who live in retirement homes have experienced especially high infection rates. on 25 march, the official death toll in spain surpassed that of mainland china. on 2 april, 950 people died of the virus in a 24-hour period—at the time, the most by any country in a single day. on 17 may, the daily death toll announced by the spanish government fell below 100 for the first time, and 1 june was the first day without deaths by covid-19. the state of alarm ended on 21 june. however, the number of cases increased again in july in a number of cities including barcelona, zaragoza and madrid, which led to reimposition of some restrictions but no national lockdown. studies have suggested that the number of infections and deaths may have been underestimated due to lack of testing and reporting, and many people with only mild or no symptoms were not tested. reports in may suggested that, based on a sample of more than 63,000 people, the number of infections may be ten times higher than the number of confirmed cases by that date, and madrid and several provinces of castilla–la mancha and castile and león were the most affected areas with a percentage of infection greater than 10%. there may also be as many as 15,815 more deaths according to the spanish ministry of health monitoring system on daily excess mortality (sistema de monitorización de la mortalidad diaria – momo). on 6 july 2020, the results of a government of spain nationwide seroprevalence study showed that about two million people, or 5.2% of the population, could have been infected during the pandemic. spain was the second country in europe (behind russia) to record half a million cases. on 21 october, spain passed 1 million covid-19 cases, with 1,005,295 infections and 34,366 deaths reported, a third of which occurred in madrid. as of september 2021, spain is one of the countries with the highest percentage of its population vaccinated (76% fully vaccinated and 79% with the first dose), while also being one of the countries more in favor of vaccines against covid-19 (nearly 94% of its population is already vaccinated or wants to be). as of 4 february 2023, a total of 112,304,453 vaccine doses have been administered. january on 31 january 2020, spain confirmed its first covid-19 case in la gomera, canary islands. a tourist from germany tested positive and was admitted to university hospital of the nuestra señora de candelaria. february on 9 february, the second case involved a british male tourist in palma de mallorca, balearic islands, who contracted the disease after coming into contact with someone in france who subsequently tested positive. on 12 february, barcelona's mobile world congress was cancelled. on 13 february, the first death in spain was recorded involving a 69-year-old man who had been in nepal. he died in valencia and was diagnosed post-mortem. on 24 february, following a covid-19 outbreak in italy, a medical doctor from lombardy, italy, who was on holiday in tenerife, tested positive at the university hospital of the nuestra señora de candelaria in spain. the h10 costa adeje palace in tenerife was put on lockdown. on 25 february, four new cases related to the italian cluster were confirmed in spain: in canary islands, the wife of the medical doctor from lombardy, who was on holiday in tenerife, tested positive. in catalonia, a 36-year-old italian woman living in spain, who visited bergamo and milan from 12 to 22 february, also tested positive in barcelona. a 24-year-old man from madrid, who recently returned from northern italy, tested positive and was admitted to hospital carlos iii. in the valencian community, a man from villarreal, who recently travelled to milan, tested positive and was admitted to hospital universitario de la plana, castellón. on 26 february: the first reported case in andalusia was confirmed in seville. on the canary islands, two italian tourists, who were on holiday with the italian doctor and his wife, also tested positive. the group were transferred to university hospital of the nuestra señora de candelaria and underwent quarantine. in barcelona, a 22-year-old man who visited italy a few days ago was tested positive. another positive was detected in hospital nuestra señora de guadalupe, san sebastián de la gomera. a second case in madrid was also reported. on 27 february: in barcelona, a 22-year-old woman from tenerife, who travelled to italy from 19 to 25 february, was admitted to hospital clínic. in castile and león, an 18-year-old italian erasmus student studying in ie university, segovia, who had just returned from milan, was admitted to hospital general de segovia, and an engineer from iran, working in valladolid. in the valencian community, a 44-year-old man from valencia, who worked as a sportswriter and travelled to milan's san siro stadium on 19 february to watch a football clash between atalanta b.c. and valencia cf, tested positive and was admitted to hospital clínico universitario de valencia. two other people with whom he had contact also tested positive and were admitted to the same hospital. two more people, who had visited the same football game in milan, were hospitalised at the same place. a woman, who had visited milan, was hospitalised at hospital de sagunto, valencia. an italian student studying in valencia, who had visited northern italy, was admitted to hospital universitario doctor peset. on 28 february: television cameras covering the first coronavirus cases in a hospital in valencia. in andalusia, a 28-year-old male who resides in milan tested positive in almería had been admitted to hospital mediterráneo. another eight people tested positive: two men of 42 and 53 years and an 81-year-old woman in marbella, a 25-year-old nurse from arjonilla who treated a person who was positive for coronavirus at the torrejón de ardoz hospital, a 58-year-old sevillian doctor and two men aged 42 and 53 years and a 55-year-old woman in fuengirola. the community of madrid confirmed the fifth positive case of coronavirus at the infanta sofía university hospital in the town of san sebastián de los reyes involving a 66-year-old man. following the discovery of a covid-19 case involving a spanish sportswriter who went to milan for the game of 2019–2020 uefa champions league round of 16 against atalanta b.c., valencia cf announced the suspension of all non-sports indoor events such as news conferences. on 29 february: in andalusia, two new suspicious cases tested positive in fuengirola involving two men aged 59 and 62 years old residing in the province of málaga, increasing to a total of ten cases. the first positive in asturias was reported. on the balearic islands, a new positive case was confirmed, a woman in mallorca who remains isolated at the son espases university hospital. in the basque country the first case was reported. in cantabria, the first case involving a person who travelled to italy tested positive. two more cases were confirmed in catalonia: one in girona and the other in sant cugat del vallès. the first case in navarre was reported. march 1 march 2020 in andalusia two young infected doctors increased the number of andalusian cases to 12. in the basque country another four cases were reported, three originated from previous positive contacts in the province of álava, while one from gipuzkoa was a healthcare professional and did not have any relationship or history of risk. in castilla–la mancha the first case of coronavirus was confirmed, a 62-year-old male from the province of guadalajara. in castile and león, one case was reported of a 62-year-old truck driver who had travelled to milan two weeks before and tested positive for coronavirus at el bierzo hospital. extremadura announced the first four cases, a 56-year-old male in coria, a 56-year-old man in cáceres also and two males of 58 years and another of 19 in llerena-zafra. 2 march 2020 in the basque country, another healthcare worker was reported infected in álava province, bringing the number of cases to 10. in cantabria, nine new cases originating from people who travelled to italy increased the total cases there 10 cases in the community. castilla–la mancha announced two new cases: men of 23 and 30 years of age, both imported cases, with an epidemiological link with the risk zone of northern italy and who were being treated in the almansa and albacete hospitals. in castile and león five new cases in one day brought the total to eight people affected by coronavirus in the region. three in leon, of which one was a policeman from león who had been taking a statement from two korean citizens with an active cough, a 19-year-old student of the university of salamanca, and a 52-year-old man from la rioja in the province of burgos. catalonia reported three more positive cases to the list: two 16 and 20-year-old women residing in girona who had travelled to northern italy between 14 and 16 february. the third case is a 28-year-old man living in barcelona who had travelled to milan from 20 to 23 february. two new positives in extremadura, two women aged 20 and 21 from badajoz, increased the total to 6. positive cases of coronavirus increased to 29 in the community of madrid, after an initial erroneous report that reported the figure as 32 in a press conference by the director of the centre for coordination of health alerts and emergencies of the ministry of health, fernando simón. in navarre, a second positive case was reported of a man aged 34, who was a family member of the admitted woman. in la rioja the first case was confirmed. 3 march 2020 another infected person was reported in málaga, andalusia, with a total of 13 reported cases. the second and third positives in asturias were reported, amounting to 3 cases. in the balearic islands a third positive case was confirmed. in the basque country three more positives, two new infected in álava, and the first one from biscay, raising the total positives to 13, 10 in álava, 2 in gipuzkoa and 1 in biscay. in castilla–la mancha there were four new cases reported, bringing the total up to seven, two in the province of guadalajara and another two in the province of toledo. a new case in catalonia, a 38-year-old tourist who had been in milan, reaching 18 infected people. in the community of madrid 27 new positive cases of coronavirus bring the total up to 56, with five serious in intensive care. in la rioja the second case of coronavirus was confirmed, a man who was in contact with the person who is part of the health staff of the txagorritxu hospital (vitoria-gasteiz, álava) that was confirmed as the first case in the community. in the valencian community the number of infected rises to 19 cases, with four new cases. after a forensic investigation, a man who had been infected with coronavirus in the hospital arnau de vilanova died on 13 february in valencia. the first death in madrid took place this day; it was reported on 5 march after a forensic analysis. 4 march 2020 in asturias a new positive case was reported, amounting 4 cases. in aragon the first case of coronavirus was confirmed, a 79-year-old man. in the balearic islands, two more confirmed cases, two