MADRID: Only 5 per cent of Spain's population has been infected by the novel coronavirus, though that figure climbs to more than 10 per cent in ...
MADRID: Only 5 per cent of Spain's population has been infected by the novel coronavirus, though that figure climbs to more than 10 per cent in Madrid and areas in the centre of the country, according to a study released by the government on Wednesday .
"The study found 5 per cent of the Spanish have been in contact with the virus, a little more than two million people," Health Minister Salvador Illa said. In Madrid, the rate of infection was 11.3 per cent, in Barcelona it was 7.1 per cent, but only 2.3 per cent in Seville, according to the study.The Spanish government has so far released only the results of a first wave of"rapid tests" to determine the level of antibodies as a way to ascertain who has been infected.
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