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We analyzed whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis affected acute stroke care in our center during the first 2 months of lockdown in Spain.   Methods:   This is a single-center, retrospective study. We collected demographic, clinical, and radiological data; time course; and treatment of patients meeting the stroke unit admission criteria from March 14 to May 14, 2020 (COVID-19 period group). Data were compared with the same period in 2019 (pre-COVID-19 period group).   Results:   195 patients were analyzed; 83 in the COVID-19 period group, resulting in a 26% decline of acute strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) admitted to our center compared with the previous year ( p  = 0.038). Ten patients (12%) tested positive for PCR SARS-CoV-2. The proportion of patients aged 65 years and over was lower in the COVID-19 period group (53 vs. 68.8%,  p  = 0.025). During the pandemic period, analyzed patients were more frequently smokers (27.7 vs. 10.7%,  p  = 0.002) and had less frequently history of prior stroke (13.3 vs. 25%,  p  = 0.043) or atrial fibrillation (9.6 vs. 25%,  p  = 0.006). ASPECTS score was lower (9 [7–10] vs. 10 [8–10],  p  = 0.032), NIHSS score was slightly higher (5 [2–14] vs. 4 [2–8],  p  = 0.122), onset-to-door time was higher (304 [93–760] vs. 197 [91.25–645] min,  p  = 0.104), and a lower proportion arrived within 4.5 h from onset of symptoms (43.4 vs. 58%,  p  = 0.043) during the CO­VID-19 period. There were no differences between proportion of patients receiving recanalization treatment (intravenous thrombolysis and/or mechanical thrombectomy) and in-hospital delays.   Conclusion:   We observed a reduction in the number of acute strokes and TIAs admitted during the COVID-19 period. This drop affected especially elderly patients, and despite a delay in their arrival to the emergency department, the proportion of patients treated with recanalization therapies was preserved.

Acute Stroke Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reduction in the Number of Admissions of Elderly Patients and Increase in Prehospital Delays