As of tomorrow Thursday 21st May the use of masks will be will be compulsory for everyone six years of age or older in all public areas or in closed spaces where it is not possible to respect the social distancing of two metres.
There are exceptions to the new rule:
- Children under six
- People with respiratory problems that may be aggravated by its use.
- When it is contraindicated for justified health reasons.
- Dependent or disabled with behavioural changes that make their use unfeasible.
- In activities by their very nature are incompatible. Force majeure or in a situation of need.
The fines which can be handed out for not wearing the mask range from €600 to €30,000. The law will stay in place during the state of emergency but may be extended accordingly.
There has been a total of 416 new cases declared today and the total confirmed cases is 232,555. The number of deaths has now reached 27,888 (+95).
Meanwhile in Andalusia, the number of confirmed cases is now 12,502 (+29) of which 6,196 (+20) have needed hospitalisation and 764 (+4) have needed intensive care. As of 00.00 today there are 246 (-19) patients confirmed with Covid-19 in hospital and 53 (-12) of those are in intensive care.
In Andalusia with 11,289 (+546) patients recovered, the hospitals are as follows please note that the total of patients hospitalised includes those in intensive care
| Province | Total Hospitalised | Total in Intensive care |
| Almeria | 14 | 1 |
| Cadiz | 20 | 8 |
| Cordoba | 26 | 10 |
| Granada | 42 | 8 |
| Huelva | 5 | 3 |
| Jaen | 36 | 9 |
| Malaga | 69 | 5 |
| Seville | 34 | 9 |
There have been 1,371 (+10) deaths in Andalusia (Malaga 278 (+3), Jaen 176 (+0) , Granada 280 (+1), Cordoba 110 (+4) , Cadiz 147 (+0), Seville 277 (+2), Almeria 52 (+0) , Huelva 48 (+0). In Seville there are 2,435 cases and 1,199 of those required hospitalization with 149 in intensive care. There have been 277 deaths while 1,973 have recovered.
In Huelva there are 402 cases, two new cases today, 219 have been hospitalized with 30 in intensive care. No new deaths were reported today, so total stays at 48 people. The good news is 435 have recovered from the virus.