Madrid Spain.
The collapse of the Spanish hospitals before the crisis for the coronavirus in that country it was evidenced in a video broadcast in the social networks, which shows several sick lying on the floor in the emergency room of the Infanta Leonor Hospital.
The images, which show dozens of people on the floor of the hospital corridors, some connected to oxygen tanks and coughing loudly have caused a stir on social media.
The hospital indicated that the video was recorded last Friday and that the personnel of emergencies he was overwhelmed by the massive number of patients who arrived that night. The next day they were transferred to other rooms or Medical centers.
Spain reached this Monday the 2,182 deceased by coronavirus and the 33,089 infected, according to the latest figures released this Monday by the Ministry of Health.
This supposes 462 dead Y 4,517 more cases than in the previous count, provided 24 hours before, with a daily increase of 15.8 percent in the number of new infected.
In addition, 2,355 patients are admitted to intensive care and others 3,355 they have cured, added the official announcement.
The passage of patients to units of intensive care because it increases its severity it is “progressively reducing” over the total hospitalized, although in volume they are increasing.
They are small reductions but there is a “certain hope that the problem is going away containing“The director of the Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Fernando Simón, said today at a press conference.
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In addition, there are more than 10 percent of cases that have occurred High medical, data that “encourages us”, he stressed, although he also regretted that “we already have 3,910 infected healthcare professionals. “
Simón trusted that the peak of new cases will “probably” be reached throughout this week, but warned that “reaching the peak does not mean having solved the problem.”
On the other hand, 60,000 people were sanctioned throughout Spain for violating mobility restrictions in force since March 15, while another 600 were arrested for serious disobedience to police officers, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said. , in some radio statements.
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