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Regarding the evolution and distribution of ''[[:File:COVID-19 cases during the rising phase of the pandemic|COVID-19 cases during the rising phase of the pandemic]]'', the daily case registry doubled in Spain from 9 to 13 March, i.e. from 3,500 to 8,000. Subsequently, the escalation continued and new peaks were reached on 16 March, with almost 10,000 cases, and 20 March, with almost 11,000 cases per day. New COVID-19 cases were registered in all provinces during this period, i.e. 29,000 in Madrid; 13,000 in Barcelona; and nearly 3,000 new cases in Valencia, Biscay (Bizkaia), Navarre (Navarra) and Ciudad Real. The cumulative incidence (cases per 100,000 inhabitants) was highest on the axes from Madrid to Salamanca, Álava, Ciudad Real and Albacete. This spatial pattern had already been observed from the moment cases began to appear in previous weeks. It is important to note the high cumulative incidence in the provinces of Soria and Segovia with over 700 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The ''[[:File:Evolution of hospital admissions due to COVID-19 during the rising phase of the pandemic.|evolution of hospital admissions due to COVID-19 during the rising phase of the pandemic .]]''showed a continuous increase during this phase, i.e. from 400 admissions on 9 March to 1,900 admissions on 16 March to 3,657 admissions on 20 March. This increase was very rapid in the provinces of Madrid and Barcelona, where there were 2,900 and 400 people admitted to hospitals on 14 March, and by 20 March these data had risen up to 10,000 and 3,000. Hospital admission rates (hospital admissions/100,000 inhabitants) showed a similar spatial pattern to that of COVID-19 cases, with high figures in Castile-La Mancha (Castilla-La Mancha), Castile and León (Castilla y León) and the Madrid-Álava axis. Provinces such as Albacete, Ciudad Real, Álava, La Rioja and Navarre (Navarra), where the first hospital admissions due to COVID-19 were recorded during the previous weeks, also showed high figures during this rising phase, with over 50 cumulative hospital admissions per 100,000 inhabitants. A large increase was also registered in the province of Soria, where a large amount of elderly population is to be found.

The evolution of admissions ''[[:File:Admissions to intensive care units due to COVID-19 to Intensive Care Units (ICU) during the rising phase of the NHS hospitals pandemic|admissions to intensive care units due to COVID-19 during the rising phase of the pandemic ]]''was exponential during this period. This shows the severity of the situation at this stage. On 9 March, 84 admissions to the ICU were recorded. On 20 March, less than two weeks later, 436 new admissions were reached. The provinces of Madrid and Barcelona recorded 553 and 151 cumulative admissions on 16 March in absolute terms. On 20 March, these data had risen to 1,100 and 400. In absolute terms, Valencia, Alicante, Málaga, Saragossa (Zaragoza), Biscay (Bizkaia) and Navarre (Navarra) also stood out. In relative terms, yet, the North-West and the Mediterranean coast were noteworthy as around 43% of the total hospital admissions where in fact admitted to the ICU in the province of Almería, and between 30% and 40% where admitted to the ICU in the provinces of Palencia and Castellón. The national average stood by 13.5%. This seems to show a different spatial distribution to that prevailing in the rest of the variables (cases, hospital admissions and deaths).

[[File:Logo Monografía.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Statistical graph:Evolution in the number of deaths from COVID-19 during the rising phase of the pandemic. 2020. Spain.]]