Corona: More than 500 people die in Spain in 24 hrs

The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain has risen by 514 people in the space of a single day, with 2,696 now confirmed dead from the virus in the Iberian country.

The number of confirmed cases has also jumped 20% since yesterday with the health ministry confirming 39,673 have now been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Spain.

These figures have risen sharply in recent days. On Friday, 1,000 people had been confirmed dead from the virus. Now that figure has more than doubled.

Spain is third among the countries with the worst death tolls from Covid-19, behind China in second and Italy in first.

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