6 May, 2020 @ 11:31
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Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll climbs back up but infection rate falls and recoveries increase

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SPAIN has seen a resurgence in its daily COVID-19 death toll while its infection rate has continued to fall. 

Some 244 people lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours, 59 more than yesterday, bringing the total death toll to 25,857.

It is the first time the death toll has gone above 200 for several days.

Meanwhile, the number of new confirmed cases fell from 867 yesterday to 685 today.

More people have also recovered today (2,516), up from yesterday’s 2,143.

It brings the total number of people who have overcome COVID-19 in Spain to 126,002.

The total number of confirmed cases sits at 220,235.

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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