MADRID: Spain on Wednesday said another 435 people died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a slight increase in the figures for a second day running and bringing the overall death toll to 21,717.
Spain has suffered the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the world after the United States and Italy, with infections now hitting 208,000 cases, health ministry figures showed.
Monday’s figure of 399 deaths was the lowest in four weeks, but a day later, it rose to 430 with officials explaining the numbers tend to go up slightly on Tuesdays following delays in receiving regional data on weekend deaths. The March 14 lockdown has been twice extended with parliament on Wednesday expected to prolong it until May 9.
But from Sunday, the conditions are to be eased for youngsters in Spain, who have not been allowed out of the house for nearly six weeks under one of the most restrictive lockdowns in the world.
—PTI
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