Health workers wearing protective suits escort a patient upon their arrival at the Gran hotel Colon in Madrid, a first hotel that was transformed into a medical structure to treat the least serious cases amid the outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus, on March 19, 2020. - Spain announced deaths due to the novel coronavirus had risen about 30 percent over the past 24 hours to 767. A total of 17,147 people have contracted the disease in the country, a roughly 25 percent increase over the previous day, according to the health ministry, with the figure expected to rise further in the coming days as testing for COVID-19 becomes more readily available. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)