15 Apr, 2020 @ 11:32
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BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death rate drops but infections rise by more than 5,000 in a single day

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THE number of COVID-19 cases in Spain has risen to 177,633 as of this morning. 

It means 5,092 new infections were recorded between Tuesday and Wednesday, a dramatic increase from the 3,045 registered yesterday.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry, some 523 people have died from coronavirus in Spain in the past 24 hours.

That’s down from the 567 recorded yesterday, but brings the total number of deaths to 18,579.

On a positive note, thousands continue to recover each day with 3,349 COVID-19 sufferers ridding themselves of the disease in the past 24 hours.

That brings the total number of recovered to 70,853.

The health experts are remaining optimistic, despite the rebound in case numbers.

“The trends we are observing are good,” said director of health emergencies Fernando Simon.

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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