Madrid and Barcelona will not progress to the next phase of Spain’s exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns that will allow bars, restaurants, and places of worship to reopen in some areas from Monday, the government announced.
The country’s two biggest cities do not currently meet the government’s criteria for easing measures, Health Emergency Chief Fernando Simon told a news conference on Friday.
Madrid and Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona, account for nearly half of Spain’s cases of infection.
Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus rose to 229 on Friday, up from 213 the previous day, the health ministry said.
Overall deaths rose to 26,299 from 26,070 on Thursday and the number of diagnosed cases rose to 222,857 from 221,447 the day before, the ministry said.
Half of the new cases in Spain in the past 24 hours were in Catalonia.
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