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In addition, the cumulative average number of deaths in the months from March to June of the three-year period 2017-2019 and those recorded during the same months in 2020 were calculated. The results are shown on two maps using the province as the spatial unit of analysis. The differences between one and the other are significant. The provinces of Madrid and Barcelona stand out. In the former, 32,222 deaths were registered in 2020 compared to an average of 15,323 in the previous three-year period, i.e. more than double (+110%). In the latter, the figures showed 25,537 deaths in 2020 compared to an average of 15,233 in the previous three years, i.e. +68%.

Finally, it may be interesting to look closely at the eight maps of monthly fatalities by province. There are four maps showing, on the one hand, the average number of deaths during the months of March, April, May and June of the three-year period 2017-2019, and, on the other hand, the number of deaths during the same months in 2020. Particularly striking is the behaviour of the month of April, when the impact of the pandemic was very severe even in the least populated provinces.