young men from sa pobla who travelled to bergamo, making a total of 4 active cases and one recovered. in the basque country 8 another positives bring the total positives to 21, 16 active cases in álava, two in gipuzkoa and three more infected and one death in vizcaya. 250 people remain in isolation, more than of them a hundred are health professionals. in castile and león three more new cases in one day bring the total to 11 affected by coronaviruses in the region: a young woman, health professional from the basque health service, admitted to the burgos university assistance complex, another male in miranda de ebro and young man from a recent trip to italy in segovia. in castilla–la mancha there were 5 new cases reported, bringing the total up to 12: 7 in the province of guadalajara, 2 in toledo, 1 in albacete, 1 in almansa and 1 in tomelloso. 10 new cases in catalonia, reaching a total of 28 infected people, a 23-year-old woman from barcelona who had been on holiday in milan, a 39-year-old man from barcelona who had travelled to bergamo and milan, a 40-year-old man from barcelona who also travelled to milan, a 47-year-old man from manresa who was infected by a positive from valencia, and a 53-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man, both from girona, who have also been infected by previously confirmed cases, all these last three cases by local contact. in galicia, the first case in the community was confirmed in a coruña. in the community of madrid 20 new positive cases of coronavirus brought the total to 76, of which 41 were hospitalised and 7 in intensive care. five new cases were reported in la rioja, but one of them is counted in burgos, castilla y león, so the positives cases total in the community amounts to 6. in the valencian community the infected rises to 22 cases, with four new cases and one of the previous day discarded, 3 of them in the province of alicante. 5 march 2020 in andalusia 4 new cases were reported, a 17-year-old girl in málaga at the santa rosa de lima school who returned last week from a study trip to italy, a 23-year-old woman and a 37-year-old woman in seville and a 41-year-old woman in alhaurín de la torre, bringing the total to 17 active cases and not 16 as reported by the media. in asturias a new positive case in gijón, a 48-year-old male related to the torrejón de ardoz cluster (madrid), was reported, amounting 5 cases. in the balearic islands, one more positive male, making a total of 5 active cases and one recovered. in the basque country 6 another positives, raising the total positives to 27. in the canary islands two new cases (a female italian tourist in gran canaria and an italian tourist in san cristobal de la laguna) and a recovery of a person (an hotel guest of h10 costa adeje palace) were reported, raising the total to 8 active cases and 3 recoveries. in castile and león two new cases in tamames, province of salamanca, and valladolid, raise the total positives to 13. in castilla–la mancha 1 new case in guadalajara was reported, raising the total to 13. in catalonia, 4 new positive cases of coronavirus increase to 32 in total. in galicia, the second positive in the community, a 43-year-old male admitted to the álvaro cunqueiro de vigo hospital was confirmed in vigo. in the community of madrid, 13 new positive cases of coronavirus increase to 89 in total and, after a forensic investigation, it is discovered that a 99-year-old woman died in madrid on 3 march due to coronavirus, becoming the third confirmed death in spain. in navarra a third case was announced, making a total of 3 cases and not 4 as the media account, since one is hospitalised and accounted for in the basque country. in la rioja 4 new positive cases of coronavirus brought the total to 10. subsequently, that same afternoon the figure was increased to 17 cases. in the valencian community the infected rises to 30 cases, with 8 new cases in castellón, elche, orihuela, and valencia. 6 march 2020 in andalusia 5 new cases were reported, a 63-year-old woman in malaga who had recently travelled to italy, a 48-year-old woman in baeza (jaén) who has recently travelled to italy, a 78-year-old man in jaén, a 74-year-old man in marbella admitted to the costa del sol hospital and a 72-year-old man in torremolinos who is admitted to the vithas xánit internacional hospital in malaga, totalling 22 active cases. in aragon the second case of coronavirus was confirmed, an 87-year-old man admitted to the hospital at the nuestra señora de gracia hospital in zaragoza, who died a few hours later. another 8 were reported, rising the total to 9 active cases and 1 deceased. asturias adds two new positive cases, related to the 48-year-old man with epidemiological link to the cluster of torrejón de ardoz (madrid), amounting 7 active cases. in the balearic islands, one more case test positive, a male admitted to the can misses hospital, making a total of 6 active cases and one recovered. in basque country 18 another positives, 13 new positives in álava and 5 in biscay, raising the total positives to 45. in canary islands a new case is reported, a male in san cristobal de la laguna, tenerife. another three italian female tourist and another person in tenerife tested positive, raising the total to 13 active cases and 3 recoveries, 9 of them in tenerife and 4 in gran canaria. in cantabria a new case, a "young person" who has been infected in the basque country, which currently records a total of 11 cases in the community. in castile and león a new case in burgos, a young woman, raise the total positives to 14. in castilla–la mancha 2 new cases in guadalajara were reported, rising the total to 15, distributed in guadalajara with ten confirmed cases, toledo two, albacete one, almansa one and tomelloso one. in catalonia, 5 new positive cases of coronavirus, a 29-year-old woman who is in serious condition, a 19-year-old girl in barcelona, a 57-year-old man in cabrils (barcelona), a 35-year-old woman in barcelona and a 55-year-old woman in barcelona who travelled to milan, increase to 37 in total. in galicia, the third and fourth positives in the community, a 15-year-old and a 47-year-old woman admitted to the álvaro cunqueiro de vigo hospital were confirmed in vigo. in the community of madrid, 46 new positive cases of coronavirus in valdemoro increase to 134 active cases and 4 deaths in total, including a 76-year-old man with previous pathologies who died at the infanta elena hospital of valdemoro, the fourth confirmed death in spain, other 91 years old man dead at the gregorio marañón hospital and another 83 years old man deceased at the severo ochoa hospital in leganés. in la rioja 21 new positive cases of coronavirus increase to 38 in total. a new positive case, a man admitted to the university general hospital of alicante who travelled to northern italy and a 31-year-old person from burriana discharged, giving a total of 30 active cases in the valencian community. the spanish episcopal conference indicated that churches should remove the holy water from the pillars, avoid the gesture of shaking hands as a way of giving peace, and not kiss religious images, a typical gesture in lent. 7 march a student of colegio santa maría de los rosales in madrid tested positive for the coronavirus. this is the college where leonor, princess of asturias, heir presumptive to the throne of spain and her sister infanta sofía study. the royal household of spain announced that the daughters of the king would attend classes when they resume on monday. in la rioja, haro was put on lockdown. 8 march international women's day march in madrid, 8 march 2020 seven more people were confirmed to have died. first case diagnosed in the region of murcia. 9 march the confirmed cases rose to 1,231 and the death toll to 30. in barcelona, a kindergarten is closed amid a worker testing positive and three members of the city council, including first deputy mayor jaume collboni self-isolating. the catalan ministry of health reported two new deaths in catalonia. the basque government announced the closure of all schools in the municipalities of vitoria and labastida. president of the regional government of madrid, isabel díaz ayuso, announced the cancellation of classes in the autonomous community of madrid at all educational levels due to the strong increase in cases in the region, a measure that would affect more than 1.5 million students. 10 march first death confirmed in la rioja. the regional government of la rioja announced the suspension of classes for a period of two weeks. javier ortega smith, general secretary of the far-right vox, third political force in spanish parliament, tests positive. after ortega smith tested positive for covid-19, the congress of deputies and the senate suspended its parliamentary activity for a period of a week and 52 vox's lawmakers are asked to stay at home. all direct flights between spanish and italian airports suspended until 25 march. the first cases in province of tarragona are confirmed; two in cambrils and two others in salou. an elderly woman from castellserà becomes the first case in province of lleida, making all catalan provinces with cases. the constitutional court suspended its activity for the following two days. the royal spanish academy also suspends its plenary sessions. the royal household announced that the king's agenda of the week was suspended, except for an official visit to france the following day. the conference of rectors of madrid public universities (cruma) decided to delay the academic calendar, classes, exams and enrollments by two weeks. spanish government suspends events with more than one thousand attendants in madrid, la rioja and vitoria. the valencian government decides to postpone the falles of valencia for the fifth time in its history and the magdalena, in castellón. 11 march the catalan government followed the steps of the spanish government taken the previous day and suspended events with more than one thousand attendees in the region. madrid cancelled the main tribute in honour of the 11-m terrorist attacks in atocha. first death reported in extremadura. a second national deputy of the far-right vox that did not have any contact with the first one tests positive for covid-19. the assembly of madrid, regional parliament of madrid, suspended its activities for a period of 15 days, after ortega smith had tested positive. the parliament of andalusia, regional parliament of andalusia, suspended its activities for a week after a deputy in the regional chamber from vox was confirmed positive. ana pastor, second vice-president of the spanish congress, former president of the congress and former minister of health and of public works, announced she was affected by the coronavirus. a woman in el vendrell becomes the fifth case in the province of tarragona. ana vega, vox's spokesperson in the valencian corts, announces she is positive in covid-19, becoming the fourth elected politician of the far-right party infected. minister of health of the basque government, nekane murga, announces the closure of all schools in the álava, after 12 pupils were affected by covid-19. the measure will affect more than 60,000 students. spanish ministry of culture orders in madrid the closing of all ministry dependent centres, including the museums of el prado, reina sofía, thyssen, the spanish filmoteca española, archaeological and anthropological museums, as well as the national library and the royal palace among others. the 2020 copa del rey final – the national football cup final due to be held in seville on 18 april between two teams from the basque country – was postponed on the assumption that it would have been cancelled or played in an empty stadium, in the hope that a solution would be found in the coming weeks to allow supporters to attend the important event as normal. no rescheduled date for the fixture was proposed at that point. 12 march the autonomous city of melilla suspended the passage of moroccan goods carriers to avoid crowds on its frontier. spanish minister of equality, irene montero, tests