8 May, 2020 @ 12:42
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Spain’s coronavirus death toll marginally increases but country sees no troubling spike in figures as it prepares to enter Phase 1 of deescalation plan

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SPAIN has seen its daily coronavirus death toll rise today after a week of ups and downs. 

The number of people killed by COVID-19 in the past 24 hours is 229, up from yesterday’s 213.

It brings the total death toll to 26,299.

Meanwhile, the number of reported cases increased by 1,095 between Thursday and Friday, bringing the total number in Spain to 222,857.

While numbers have increased, there has yet to be enough of a spike to worry leaders or force Pedro Sanchez to slam the brakes on his plans to lift further restrictions on Monday.

Provinces across the country are expecting to hear today whether or not they have been permitted to enter Phase 1 of the COVID-19 de-escalation plan.

Madrid, the epicentre of the outbreak in Spain, may be forced to wait a week longer than much of the rest of the country.

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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