10 Apr, 2020 @ 11:55
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BREAKING: Death toll and infection rate back on the decline in good sign for Spain’s coronavirus battle

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SPAIN is back on the decline in terms of COVID-19 death and infection rates. 

According to the Health Ministry, 605 people died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, down from the 683 deaths recorded yesterday.

It brings the death toll in Spain to 15,843.

Meanwhile, the number of new confirmed cases rose by 4,567 to 157,022.

The number of new infections today is significantly lower than the 5,756 new cases reported yesterday.

The number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 has also increased, standing at 55,668 as of Friday morning.

It means 3,503 people were rid of the disease in the past 24 hours.

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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