Catalonia surpasses 500,000 cases since outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic
Milestone of half a million reached just three months after passing 250,000 cases
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Covid patients in Catalan hospitals surpass 3,000
Numbers in ICU have doubled in less than a month to reach 684
Coronavirus: outbreak risk drops from ‘very high’ to ‘high’ two months later
Figure increased fivefold as Covid-19 contagion skyrocketed in October
Hospitalized Covid patients fall below 2,000 for first time in a month
Number in ICUs now below 500 but authorities aim for under 300
Catalonia records highest daily rise in Covid-19 cases of the second wave
A further 2,759 cases were confirmed on Sunday, bringing weekly total higher than any period of first wave
Unemployment in Catalonia falls for first time since March, down 3.23%
Unions warn many new jobs are precarious and could disappear again by September
Catalonia surpasses 100,000 coronavirus cases
With 26,000 new infections, July sees a 550% one-month surge
938 Covid-19 cases is Catalonia's highest daily rise in almost two months
Barcelona and southern metropolitan area record 246 cases each, 199 in Lleida
Catalonia records 482 new Covid-19 cases, biggest surge since May
Barcelona coronavirus positives up 212, while death toll in Catalan medical centers increases by 19
Spain’s Covid-19 death toll revised up by 1,177 to 28,313
Figure still insufficient to account for stark rise in gross mortality from last year
Why is Spain as a whole reporting fewer new Covid-19 deaths than Catalonia?
Catalan authorities provide figures of care homes unlike Spanish government
New Covid-19 cases in Catalonia fall to two month low
15 people declared dead in hospitals in last 24 hours with coronavirus, the lowest figure since beginning of lockdown
Unemployment fell to 10.4% at end of 2019
Last year 87,000 jobs were created and unemployment rate dropped from 11.7% twelve months previously
Spanish election: turnout falls from April vote
Participation in Catalonia at 72.17%, down by 2.3% from the previous snap election
Unemployment sees second-best September in 12 years
The total number of people out of work is down over 7,000 from this time last year