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The total number of victims of the epidemic of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Spain is 28 313, it is 1 177 more than previously reported.

"today, the figure of 313 28 in the whole of Spain died with the diagnosis of coronavirus", – said at a press conference the Director of the Spanish coordination centre of alerts and emergencies, Fernando Simon.

In recent weeks, the Ministry of health tried to establish the real number of deaths as a result of coronavirus with a confirmed diagnosis, to obtain updated information from the Autonomous communities for prior periods, as a result, these data have been collected, he explained.

On Thursday, the health Ministry reported 27 136 victims of coronavirus from the beginning of the epidemic (including 52 last week).

The Ministry, explained Simon, worked in the counting of victims of coronavirus with confirmed cases. With this refined data, where occurred the death, in nursing homes, hospitals or home – the Ministry of health has not provided.

Previously the system of mortality surveillance (MoMo) at the Institute of health Carlos III has determined that from March 13 to may 22 the difference between the expected mortality and actually died was 43 360 people. However, according to Simon, the difference between these data and the official figures of deaths from COVID-19 (about 15 thousand) does not give grounds to assert that "these people just died of coronavirus". Among them there are those who do not been diagnosed, but there were those who could die for other reasons, said the epidemiologist.

According to the National statistics Institute (INE), the mortality rate in Spain this year increased by almost a quarter compared to the same period last year. 21 a week of 2020 (until 24 may) were recorded 225 930 deaths, 24.1% (43 954) more than in the same period of 2019.

According to Simon, half of those who were in hospitals at the end of March – beginning of April, had patients with the coronavirus. Intensive care "exceeded their capabilities," the number of patients. The most difficult situation emerged in the second week of April in Madrid and Barcelona, in some hospitals was two to three times more patients than they can take.

According to official data, the country with the beginning of the epidemic there were more than 245 thousand cases COVID-19. However, by the Department of health study on the basis of tests for antibodies indicates the real number of those who have suffered the disease, is 2.3 million people, or about 5% of the population.

Minister of health Salvador Ilya said that for the last month, when it managed to stop the epidemic, the country reported 34 outbreaks of disease in different places. According to Ilya, nine of these cases remain active, but "all controlled by".

AndSpasskoe the government at the end of April developed a plan for a gradual withdrawal from quarantine. In different regions of the mitigation measures occurs at different times, depending on the epidemiological situation and the preparedness of the health services exacerbate the situation. All four phases (from zero to third). High alert imposed on March 14, will end on June 21.