15 May, 2020 @ 11:19
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BREAKING: Spain sees significant drop in daily coronavirus death toll but infections increase for fourth day in a row

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SPAIN has experienced a significant drop in its daily COVID-19 death toll. 

According to the Health Ministry, 138 people lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours, down from the 217 recorded yesterday.

However the infection rate has increased for the fourth day in a row, with 549 confirmed cases between Thursday and Friday, up from the 506 recorded yesterday.

Meanwhile, the number of recovered patients continues to outpace the death and infection rates, with 1,409 people overcoming the virus in the past 24 hours.

More to follow…

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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