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{{ANEObra|Serie=Monographs from the National Atlas of Spain|Logo=[[File:Logo Monografía.jpg|left|50x50px|link=]]|Título=The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain|Subtítulo=First wave: from the first cases to the end of June 2020|Año=2021|Contenido=New content}}
{{ANENavegacionSubcapitulo|estructura temática=Estructura temática|seccion=[[The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain|The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain]]|capitulo=[[Overview|Overview]]|subcapitulo=Epidemiological indicators}}
[[ArchivoFile:Espana_Evolucion-casos--hospitalizados-e-ingresados-UCI-por-COVID--19-en-la-primera-ola_2020_graficoestadistico_18080_spaLogo Monografía.jpg||right|thumb|300px|Statistical graph: Evolution in the number of COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions and admissions to ICUs due to COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. 2020. Spain.[//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europa_Densidad-de-poblacion-en-la-Union-Europea_2019_mapa_18193_spa.pdf PDF]. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europa_Densidad-de-poblacion-en-la-Union-Europea_2019_mapa_18193_spa.zip Datos].]]
The number of COVID-19 cases is the indicator that most accurately reflects the epidemiological situation at any given time, whilst the data on hospital admissions and deaths are shown with a certain time lag. However, all these data are influenced by the limited diagnosis capacity during the initial phase of the pandemic.
