page_title: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain / March
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context_page_description: 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 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 death toll in Spain surpassed that of mainland China, and only that of Italy was higher. 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 coronavirus. The state of alarm ended on 21 June.
context_section_description: 1 March
  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
  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
  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
  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 young men from Sa Pob
caption: Disinfection of subway in Bilbao, Basque Country, 21 March
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