Spain's health ministry said 757 people died over the past 24 hours, up from 743 people the previous day, marking the second daily rise in a row and bringing the total death toll to 14,555 - the world's second-highest after Italy. | Above: Medical staff wearing protective gear arrive with a patient to an emergency room at Severo Ochoa Hospital, in Leganes.
Image Credit: REUTERS
2 of 26
Spain's health ministry said 757 people died over the past 24 hours, up from 743 people the previous day, marking the second daily rise in a row and bringing the total death toll to 14,555 - the world's second-highest after Italy. | Above: Medical staff wearing protective gear arrive with a patient to an emergency room at Severo Ochoa Hospital, in Leganes.
Image Credit: REUTERS
3 of 26
The Spanish government on March 14 imposed one of the toughest lockdowns in Europe to curb the spread of the virus, with people allowed out of their homes only to work, buy food and seek medical care. | Above: A medical worker pushes a stretcher with a patient next to the ambulances in the emergency unit at Severo Ochoa hospital, in Leganes, near Madrid.
Image Credit: REUTERS
4 of 26
The pandemic has stretched the country's public healthcare system close to breaking point, with a shortage of intensive care beds and equipments, but in recent days hospitals have said the situation has improved. | Above: Medical wokers hug eachother outside the emergency rooms at Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes.
Image Credit: REUTERS
5 of 26
General view of a corridor with patients and medical personnel at an emergency unit of a Spanish hospital, in Getafe, outside Madrid
Image Credit: via REUTERS
6 of 26
Farmers in tractors disinfect a street, in downtown Ronda, southern Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
7 of 26
Employees work on the production line of a new medical device called OxyGEN, a respirator to be sent to hospitals, at the SEAT car factory of Martorell, near Barcelona
Image Credit: REUTERS
8 of 26
Medical staff from La Princesa hospital react as neighbours applaud from their balconies in support for healthcare workers, in Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
9 of 26
Funeral workers wearing protective suits carry a coffin out of the morgue at Severo Ochoa Hospital, in Leganes, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
10 of 26
An empty subway is seen, in Barcelona
Image Credit: REUTERS
11 of 26
Ambulance workers help an elder woman get into the ambulance, in Leganes, near Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
12 of 26
An employee of a company selling coffins, Ataudes Chao, works at the caskets warehouse in Valdemoro, near Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
13 of 26
Relatives of Mercedes Merino, who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), say a prayer next to the vehicle carrying her coffin before her burial, at a cemetery in Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
14 of 26
A healthcare worker wearing a protective face mask pushes a patient in a wheelchair at the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre Hospital, in Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
15 of 26
Careworkers from the Juan Calzada nursing home stand behind a banner reading "We are staying at home with our other family" in the Basque town of Guernica, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
16 of 26
A man disinfects his house in Grinon, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
17 of 26
Healthcare workers wearing protective face masks bring oxygen bottles to the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre Hospital, in Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
18 of 26
A worker walks past coffins, most of them containing the bodies of COVID-19 victims, in the parking of a funeral parlour, in Barcelona
Image Credit: REUTERS
19 of 26
A nurse tests a respirator called OxyGEN, which is to be sent to hospitals, at the SEAT car factory of Martorell, near Barcelona
Image Credit: REUTERS
20 of 26
Ambulance workers push a wheelchair with a patient at a nursing home in Leganes Madrid, near Madrid, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
21 of 26
Medical staff from Gregorio Maranon hospital react as neighbours applaud from their homes in support for healthcare workers, in Madrid, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
22 of 26
A worker washes the street outside of a medical emergency facility in Barcelona
Image Credit: REUTERS
23 of 26
A member of medical personnel works at a temporary hospital inside IFEMA conference centre, in Madrid, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
24 of 26
Mortuary workers push a coffin of a person who died at a nursing home in Leganes Madrid, near Madrid, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
25 of 26
Healthcare workers push a patient on a stretcher at the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre Hospital, in Madrid
Image Credit: REUTERS
26 of 26
People practice social distancing as they wait to enter a supermarket in Grinon, Spain
Image Credit: REUTERS
This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to improve your experience and provide more personalized service to you.
Both on your website and other media. To find out more about the cookies and data we use, please check out our Privacy Policy.
