24 Mar, 2020 @ 11:50
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BREAKING: Record 514 killed by coronavirus in a day in Spain as caseload nears 40,000

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SPAIN has witnessed its deadliest 24 hours after registering 514 deaths between Sunday and Monday.

The number of infected has also increased by more than 6,000, with the total number sitting at 39,673.

The total number to have died from COVID-19 in Spain is now 2,696.

Madrid continues to be the worst-hit region with 12,352 cases and 1,535 deaths.

Catalunya is the second-most affected with 7,864 cases and 282 deaths.

The Basque Country remains the third worst-hit region with 2,728 cases and 133 deaths.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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