BREAKING: Spain's coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,000

MORE than 20,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain.

With 565 deaths confirmed in the past 24 hours, it brings the total death toll in the country to 20,043.

However the death rate has dropped after the Health Ministry reported 585 deaths on Friday.

Meanwhile, the infection rate has fallen below 5,000 for the first time in almost a week with 4,499 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.

It brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 191,726.

The total number of recovered patients is now 74,622.

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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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