Spain on Saturday ordered the lockdown of a county around the city of Lleida due to worrying outbreaks of the COVID-19 virus.Catalan regional authorities announced that as of noon local time movement will be restricted to and from El Segria, around Lleida, which is home to over 200,000 people.
Residents will have until 4 p.m. local to enter the area. Live updates: Coronavirus in Canada This is the first restriction of free movement since the end of Spain’s state of emergency on June 21.Regional health authorities said Friday that they had registered a jump in 60 cases in 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to over 4,000 in the county.The new outbreaks are linked to agricultural workers in the rural area.[ Sign up for our.