Today is a year since the first case of Coronavirus in Spain... in La Gomera

Since January 31st 2020, Spain has experienced a year in a pandemic marked by the high number of deaths, more than 58,000 in the country as a whole, due to the declaration of a state of alarm, weeks of confinement, or the start of vaccination.

Here is a summary of the last year which will go down in history...

- January 31^st 2020 - The first case of coronavirus in Spanish territory is confirmed: a German tourist in La Gomera .

- February 1^st - Twenty Spaniards who are repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan arrive in Madrid.

- February 25^th – The Costa Adeje Palace hotel in Tenerife is quarantined with almost 1,000 people inside as outbreak of the virus is discovered.

- February 26^th - A 62-year-old man is hospitalized in Seville, the first non-imported case of the virus in Spain.

- March 3^rd - The first death with coronavirus is confirmed: a man who died on February 13th in Valencia.

- March 9^th - Madrid and the towns of Vitoria and Labastida, in the Basque Country, are declared areas of "high community transmission", so schools are closed and working from home is recommended.

- March 10^th - Flights from Italy are prohibited.

- March 11^th – The WHO officially declares the pandemic.

- March 14th - The Spanish Government approves the state of alarm.

- March 15^th - 2 weeks of lockdown begins.

- March 16^th – ERTE introduced for company staff.

- March 23^rd - The Palacio de Hielo in Madrid becomes a large morgue.

- March 24^th - The Government approves 20 billion euros in guarantees to give credit to companies.

- March 30^th - Non-essential activities stop.

- April 2^nd - 950 deaths are registered in a single day in Spain.

- April 18^th - More than 20,000 dead.

- April 26^th - Children are allowed out for walks for an hour a day.

- April 28^th - The Government approves a four phase de-escalation plan.

- May 2^nd - Thousands of people take to the streets on the first day they are allowed outside in age and time brackets.

- June 21^st - After 98 days and six extensions, the state of alarm ends and the borders to European countries are reopened.

- July 8^th - The mandatory use of a mask in public spaces is introduced in areas of high transmission.

- August 14th- Nightclubs and bars are closed, limited opening hours of restaurants, and prohibiting smoking in the street are implemented.

- August 27^th - Government agrees actions for schools to reopen.

- September 15^th - There are more than 30,000 deaths and 600,000 infections in Spain.

- October 9^th - The Government declares a state of alarm in Madrid and eight municipalities in the region.

- October 22th – Navarra is the first autonomous community with perimeter confinement.

- October 25^th - The Government approves the state of national alarm with a night-time curfew.

- October 29^th - Congress endorses the state of alarm until May 9^th and almost all communities in the mainland establish perimeter confinements.

- November 14^th – The Canary Islands Government allows tourists with antigen tests to stay in hotels.

- November 24^th - The Council of Ministers approves the vaccination strategy.

- November 25^th - Record number of deaths in the second wave: 537 in one day.

- December 2^nd - The Interterritorial Health Council approves measures for Christmas that includes meetings of up to 10 people and perimeter closures. Travel is only allowed to visit family and friends.

- December 16^th – Tenerife has extra restrictions introduced with 10pm curfew due to high incidence of virus.

- December 22^nd – Spain introduces travel on UK travellers after discovery of new coronavirus strain.

- December 27^th - Vaccination begins.

- December 28^th - There are more than 50,000 deaths.

 - January 7^th 2021 - Two million infections are exceeded, while vaccination advances very slowly.

- January 18^th – New restriction levels are introduced as Christmas regulations finish.

- January 18^th – Gran Canaria goes to Level 3 restrictions and Tenerife to Level 2.

- January 23^rd – Lanzarotemoves to new highest Level 4 restrictions as incidence rate breaks 700.

- January 27^th – Canarian, Carolina Darias, replaces Salvador Illa as the head of the Ministry of Health.

- January 31^st – La Gomera is only Canary Island that is Covid free.