17 May, 2020 @ 10:52
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BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll drops below 100 in lowest figure since March 12

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SPAIN has seen a new low in daily COVID-19 deaths after recording just 87 in the past 24 hours. 

The figure was revealed by Pedro Sanchez during his meeting with regional leaders this morning.

It is the lowest daily death count since March 12, two days before the nationwide lockdown was announced.

Meanwhile, there were 421 new confirmed cases, down from yesterday’s 539.

While weekends tend to have lower numbers before experiencing a rebound in the ensuing week, the figures are much lower than last weekend.

Last Sunday saw 143 deaths and 621 new infections, suggesting that Spain is continuing to flatten the curve despite the lifting of lockdown restrictions.

The positive figures come as Malaga, Granada and Valencia are set to join much of the rest of the country in Phase 1 of the de-escalation plan on Monday.

Other areas, such as three islands in the Canaries and Formentera, will enter Phase 2.

Madrid and parts of Catalunya and Castilla y Leon will remain in Phase 0.

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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