25 Mar, 2020 @ 11:47
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BREAKING: Spain surpasses China’s coronavirus death toll as caseload nears 48,000

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SOME 3,434 people have died as a result of coronavirus in Spain. 

According to new statistics from the health ministry, COVID-19 has shown no sign of slowing down as the caseload reached 47,610 as of this morning.

It’s a jump in cases of around 8,000 since yesterday, which saw around 39,500 confirmed cases.

The numbers mean more people have died from the virus in Spain than in China, where it originated.

Of the total number of confirmed cases, 3,166 are currently in ICUs while some 5,367 have been cured.

The Madrid region continues to be the hardest-hit with 14,597 cases, followed by Catalunya with 9,937 cases and the Basque Country with 3,271.

However Catalunya saw the biggest jump in cases between Tuesday and Wednesday.

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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