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The first COVID-19 case was reported in Spain on 31 January 2020 in La Gomera [Canary Islands (Canarias)], imported from Germany. The second case was reported on 9 February 2020 in Majorca (Mallorca) [Balearic Islands (Illes Balears)], imported from France. The third case was reported on 24 February in Teneriffe (Tenerife) [Canary Islands (Canarias)], imported from Italy. The following cases were reported on 25 February: three in Teneriffe (Tenerife) who were relatives of the previous case, two in Madrid, one in the Region of Valencia (Comunitat Valenciana) and one in Catalonia (Cataluña). By 2 March, 114 cases had been reported in Spain. The most remarkable increase was detected on Monday, 9 March, when the number of cases doubled within 24 hours, i.e. from 527 recorded up to 8 March to 999 identified up to 9 March 2020.

The first death from COVID-19 took place in Valencia on 13 February. However, this death was diagnosed later, in mid-March. This was somebody who had recently travelled to Nepal, whose pneumonia rapidly worsened and whose clinical suspicion of COVID-19 did not emerge until almost a month later. Thus, the first deaths from COVID-19 were reported on 8 March: fifteen in Madrid, two in Barcelona, Biscay (Bizkaia), Álava and Saragossa (Zaragoza), and one in Ciudad Real.