Spain reported 567 deaths from the new coronavirus, a slight increase after a one day decline, bringing the total number of fatalities to 18,056 – officially the third highest in the world behind the United States and Italy.
Spain’s virus death toll tops 18,000
The number of new infections rose by 1.8 percent to 172,541 cases, according to the health ministry, the smallest increase since the country imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 14 to curb the spread of the virus.
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has crossed 20,000, while the death toll is nearing 200, authorities said.
Russia posts another record daily rise in new COVID-19 cases
A total of 2,774 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall case count to 21,102, Russia’s coronavirus task force said in a statement.
The death toll has risen to 170 after 22 more fatalities, while recoveries reached 1,694 as 224 more patients were discharged from hospitals.
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