Spain's coronavirus infection and death rates continue to plateau while thousands more recover

SPAIN has seen yet another day of increased COVID-19 deaths and infections.

Some 440 people died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, up from the 435 reported yesterday.

It brings the total death toll to 22,157.

Meanwhile, 4,653 new cases were reported between Wednesday and Thursday, up from the 4,211 from the previous 24 hours.

There have now been 213,024 cases of COVID-19 in Spain since the outbreak began.

The number of those who have recovered stands at 85,915 as of today, including 3,335 in the past 24 hours.

Spain has seen its numbers plateau for the past two weeks as it has struggled to see a significant drop in deaths and infection rates.

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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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