⁍ Spain’s tally of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 12,272 from the previous day to 716,481.

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⁍ Madrid regional authorities extended a partial lockdown in 45 health areas.

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⁍ The measures affect one million of the 6.7 million Madrid region residents.

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– The Spanish government has recommended reimposing a partial lockdown on all of Madrid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Reuters reports. “These are the minimum measures we have to take to control the spread of the virus in the city,” said the country’s health minister. The move comes after local authorities extended a partial lockdown in 45 health areas, mainly low income with high density rates, where the contagion rate is above 1,000 cases per 100,000 people. The measures affect one million of the 6.7 million Madrid region residents. A new partial lockdown would ban people from traveling outside of the city but they will be able to leave their homes and to go to work and school. Bars and restaurants will be closed at 10pm, only in the 45 lockdown areas, contrary to the central government’s criteria calling for such a restriction to be imposed throughout the region. In a clash between the national government and regional authorities, Minister Illa announced his recommendations at a news conference at the same time as Madrid unveiled much softer measures which only cover some areas of the region. The Madrid regional authorities extended a partial lockdown in 45 health areas, mainly low income with high density rates, where the contagion rate is above 1,000 cases per 100,000 people. The measures affect one million of the 6.7 million Madrid region residents. Illa said that the Madrid regional authorities had the sole power to make this decision. But he publicly criticized the ‘shortcuts’ being taken by the regional government and said they would not be enough to control the pandemic.