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{{ANENavegacionSubcapitulo|estructura temática=Estructura temática|seccion=[[The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain|The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain]]|capitulo=[[Different spatial behaviours|Different spatial behaviours]]|subcapitulo=City and Region of Madrid}}
[[File:Logo Monografía.jpg||right|thumb|300px|Statistical graph: Evolution in t he amount of COVID-19 cases in the region of Madrid. 2020. Madrid.[//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 Region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) was hit hard by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 74,000 citizens in the Region were infected with COVID-19 from February to June 2020, 40,000 of whom were admitted to hospital, over 3,000 were admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and 8,747 died, according to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), which was the institution in charge of gathering data on COVID-19 for the whole country. Therefore, the number of deaths in the Region accounted for almost 30% of the total amount of deaths in the country (29,757 deaths were registered nationwide according to ISCIII, 2021), despite the fact that only 14% of the national population lives in the Region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid). It shall be noted, however, that these figures show only COVID-19 cases confirmed by a laboratory test, but the real amount of people infected remains unknown as mass diagnostic testing was not being carried out at the time.
Figures on the impact of the pandemic on health in the Region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) stand well above those in other regions in Spain both in absolute and relative terms. This section does not seek to compare Madrid to any other region in the country. However, this ‘metropolitan’ region is rather peculiar from a socioeconomic point of view and some geographical aspects shall therefore be taken into account, e.g. it shows a high population density; the fourth busiest airport in the European Union is located in the Region, what entails a significant flow of national, European and international passengers; the fact that it is the central hub for the main road and rail networks in Spain; the economic dynamism; the sociodemographic and cultural diversity, etc.
