The coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread to all Spanish regions mostly affected those aged 70-79 years, according to the most recent data. Some ** percent of people hospitalized due to coronavirus coronavirus in Spain were aged in that age range. About ** percent of those that contracted the COVID-19 aged 90 or over died from the complications caused by this virus during the same period. As of ***, the number of people affected by this coronavirus in Spain was over *** thousand. Madrid, the Spanish capital and the region with the highest number of cases, had a transmission rate of *** cases every 100 thousand people as of the same date.
COVID-19: background information
COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that had not previously been identified in humans. The first case was detected in the Hubei province of China at the end of ***. Thousands of new cases are being reported each day, and because the illness has only recently been detected, it is not known exactly how the virus is spreading from person to person. However, the outbreak of the SARS coronavirus, which began in 2002, is thought to have spread via cough and sneeze droplets.
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Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality . (April 29, 2020). Percentage distribution of people hospitalized due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by age group [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality . "Percentage distribution of people hospitalized due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by age group." Chart. April 29, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality . (2020). Percentage distribution of people hospitalized due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by age group. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality . "Percentage Distribution of People Hospitalized Due to Complications from Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by Age Group." ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc., 29 Apr 2020, /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality , Percentage distribution of people hospitalized due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by age group ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Percentage distribution of people hospitalized due to complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain as of April 29, 2020, by age group [Graph], Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality , April 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1106425/covid-19-mortality-rate-by-age-group-in-spain-march/