5 Apr, 2020 @ 11:58
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Spain turning tide against coronavirus as infection and death rates drop for third consecutive day, caseload tops 130,000

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THE number of people killed by COVID-19 in Spain has dropped for the third consecutive day in a sign that the country is beating the virus. 

Some 674 people lost their lives between Saturday and Sunday, down from the 809 killed in the previous 24 hours.

It brings the total death toll to 12,418.

Meanwhile the number of infected has grown by 6,023 to a total of 130,759.

While still increasing, the rate of infection has dropped by 1,000 in 24 hours, down from 7,026 on Saturday and 7,472 on Friday.

In another positive sign, the number of daily ‘cured’ COVID-19 patients has also grown for the third day in a row, getting closer to matching the number of new infections.

There are now 38,080 people in Spain who have caught the virus and overcome it, with 3,861 of those being in the past 24 hours (up from the 3,706 recorded yesterday).

The statistics suggest Spain is successfully flattening the curve after being placed under a nationwide lockdown since March 15.

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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