This Friday is the last day of the measures agreed by the Ministry of Health and the communities to reduce mobility at Easter, but even if they end at midnight – at 00:01 on Saturday – the evolution of the pandemic will make the autonomies tighten restrictions and keep perimeter closures longer. The incidence continues to rise and stands at 174 per 100,000 inhabitants, more than six points than the previous day, and Health reported 9,901 new infections and 142 deaths this Thursday.
The good news is that the vaccination rate has sped up significantly: Spain vaccinated 1% of the total population this week in a single day, 453,682 vaccines in total. After this new daily record, our country has already exceeded three million vaccinated with the full schedule.
Madrid, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands lift the perimeter closure
Faced with this increase in infections that heralds a possible fourth wave, practically all communities are going to extend the perimeter closures that should be lifted this midnight. The Community of Madrid It will not do so, despite the lack of control in its figures: the accumulated incidence stands at 321 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, more than 60 points above how Easter began and the rate of infections continues to exceed 2,500 new daily positives. In addition, in hospitals, the situation does not improve either, especially in critical care units where we are approaching the barrier of 500 admitted. The region yes extend restrictions and curfew for two more weeks.
In addition to the Community of Madrid, The Canary Islands will lift the regional closure this weekend, but it will keep it on the islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, where 2 of the 2.2 million inhabitants of the archipelago reside. Baleares, who decreed it on March 26, It will also open its border next Monday, April 12 and maintains the interior closure of the bars.
Extremadura finally extends its closure for two weeks
The Junta de Extremadura, which at first had decided to open the community and end the perimeter closures, has finally decided to extend the perimeter isolation of the community, which was declining this Friday, “at least for 14 more days.”
The extension of this isolation is will publish by decree of the president of the Junta de Extremadura this Friday, and “so that there is no more legal vacuum than a few hours” will enter into force at the same time of its publication in the Official Gazette of Extremadura.
In addition to the perimeter isolation, the measure of a maximum of four people in closed public spaces and six open; Rural accommodations are allowed to host groups of up to 10 people; and it is recommended – it is no longer an obligation – home meetings of cohabitants.
Catalonia, regional confinement
In Catalonia, from this Friday until April 19, it returns to the regional perimeter confinement in general, also for coexistence bubbles, in order to avoid trips on the weekend.
The entry and exit of the community without justified reason is also restricted. Teleworking is recommended and congresses, conventions, fairs and similar activities are suspended.
In this way, Catalonia takes a step back after three weekends in a row in which displacement within the community was allowed only with the bubble of coexistence. As of this Friday that is no longer possible.
Valencian Community, closed until May 4
The Valencian Community maintains its regional perimeter closure, in force since the end of October. And it will not be until May 4 – five days before the state of alarm subsides – when the Interdepartmental Commission of the Valencian Community meets to decide whether to lift the regional perimeter. However, from Monday, it will allow meetings of two groups of coexistence in the same address and Increase from 4 to 6 the maximum number of meetings in public areas and on tables in bars and restaurants.
Andalusia: 69 confined municipalities
Andalusia maintains 69 Andalusian municipalities with perimeter closure and 17 of them, without any type of non-essential activity, exceeding 500 and 1,000 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days.
In the region as a whole, the current restrictions and the perimeter closure of the provinces will continue for another two weeks. Despite the deterioration of the data, the community is not considering adopting new additional measures nor reduce again the hours of shops and hotels.
The president of the community, Juanma Moreno, advocates “letting a little more time pass” since they made the last decisions three weeks ago, and with the current data they believe that for the moment they can control the pandemic.
Navarra maintains the closure of the interior of bars
New cases of COVID-19 skyrocket in Navarra to 283 and the positivity stands at 8.9%. In Navarra, the Superior Court of Justice has authorized the regional order that extends the perimeter closure until April 22 and the latest measures adopted that affect the hospitality industry, capacity limits and mobility.
Navarra maintains 14 days plus the closure of the interior of the hotel business and of all activity in the interior areas of establishments such as bingo halls, game rooms and recreational rooms; and the commercial capacity in medium and large stores 30% and 50% in small businesses.
Basque Country: the worst moves to Guipúzcoa
In the Basque Country, the province of Álava and Vitoria have been closed since this Wednesday, having exceeded an incidence of 400 accumulated cases in 14 days. You cannot enter or leave Álava or other 25 municipalities except for work, study and other reasons collected as exceptions, and the interior of the hotel will remain closed, except in the time slots between 6:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. : 30 hours and between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. But now it seems that Guipúzcoa is taking over from the red alert from which Álava comes out and, if things stay that way, the people from Alava would regain their free mobility next Wednesday while the people from Gipuzkoa would lose it for a week.
This Thursday Bilbao entered a red alert on a day in which Astigarraga, Zarautz and Errenteria also exceeded 400 accumulated incidence points.
Aragon
And in Aragon, the official community bulletin will publish this Friday the extension of the autonomous confinement, as announced by President Javier Lambán, who has not revealed until what date it will be.
Castile and Leon
Castilla y León has also agreed to additional restrictions until April 19 due to a rise in the incidence of COVID cases. It has announced that the interior of bars, restaurants and gambling and betting halls in 21 municipalities – including the capitals of Valladolid, Burgos, Palencia, Segovia and Soria – will be closed to the public from tomorrow and for two weeks, due to an incidence by above 150 cases.
Only the provinces of Zamora and Ávila are left out of these new restrictions, although the regional government has specified that the perimeter closure will not be decreed by municipalities or by provinces, nor will the curfew set at ten o’clock be modified.
Cantabria
Cantabria plans to tighten the restrictions inside the hotel industry and in trade and events such as weddings, baptisms, communions and cultural and sports events.
Facing the end of the state of alarm, the president of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla, has once again defended this Thursday the need to ‘open Spain’ in May with ‘legal legislation’ and has asked the president of the central government, Pedro Sánchez , that summons the CCAA to unify criteria.
Asturias: reopens hotels
Asturias is one of the few communities that has chosen to make the measures more flexible and as of Saturday reopens hotels and tourist accommodation. However, despite this relief from some measures in the hospitality industry, the Perimeter closure of the Principality will be in force until May 9, coinciding with the end of the alarm state.
Castilla-La Mancha: rebound in cases
Castilla la Mancha has doubled infections compared to last week. Faced with this situation, the region will continue to be closed on the perimeter and will recover the curfew at 12 at night starting this Friday. The hospitality industry must close an hour before, at 11:00 p.m., the capacity will continue to 50% indoors and 75% on the terrace.
Galicia: new measures on Tuesday
Galicia allows from this Saturday to Saturday meetings with a maximum of four people indoors and six outdoors, and will evaluate next week delay curfew that restricts nighttime mobility, currently set between 10:00 pm and 06:00 am. It will be at the meeting next Tuesday of the committee of experts that advises the Xunta, from which the restrictive framework for the coming weeks will come out, with the effects of Holy Week highlighted.
Possible changes in the restrictive framework that prevails in the Autonomous Community in which only two municipalities (To Pobra and O Grove) are at the maximum level of restrictions, that is, they are closed perimeter and with the hospitality industry limited to home delivery.
Murcia: risk in Torre Pacheco and Puerto Lumbreras
The COVID Monitoring Committee has agreed maintain one more week the restrictions in the Region of Murcia, and the municipality of Torre Pacheco joins that of Puerto Lumbreras, which is at extreme risk and closes perimeter and the interior of its hospitality, with an incidence rate of 40 new cases in the last week. Although the situation in Torre Pacheco has improved in recent days, it was agreed to continue a closed week to confirm this downward trend.
La Rioja: closure of some municipalities
La Rioja has approved maintaining level 3 of the Measure Plan in the region, which includes the community perimeter closure and the night curfew from 23:00 to 6:00.
In addition, it has been decided that the municipalities of Calahorra and Nájera They fall back to level 4 due to the increase in their cumulative incidence, which will mean a reduction in capacity in their public establishments. During the next week the perimeter closure in those of Cervera del Río Alhama, Valverde, Autol and Pradejón, in force since last April 1.
Melilla: no more than four people
Melilla, with an incidence of around 500 cases, published a decree that extended all the measures whose validity expired on the night of last Monday, so will maintain the perimeter closure and the curfew between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. until April 26, while meetings between people who do not live together will continue to be limited to public spaces and in a maximum of four people.
Ceuta: curfew from 22:00
The President of the Government of Ceuta, Juan Vivas (PP), plans to extend from 23:00 to 22:00 the start of the curfew night in the autonomous city starting next Sunday, as well as restricting the meetings of non-cohabitants in the street and other public outdoor spaces to four to try to contain the negative evolution of the local epidemiological situation of COVID-19, which shows the highest cumulative incidence rate of new positives in Spain during the last week.
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