BREAKING: Coronavirus deaths in Spain surge by record 832 in 24 hours as toll hits 5,690
The grim statistic means 5,690 people with the virus have now died in Spain.Spanish Ministry of Health figures show 72,248 people have been infected, 40,630 have needed to be hospitalised, 4,575 people have been admitted to intensive care and 12,285 people have been cured of the disease.
On Monday a second makeshift morgue is due to start functioning in Madrid, Spain’s worst affected area. The new temporary morgue, known locally as the Donut because of the way it looks from the sky, was built to be Madrid’s Institute of Forensic Medicine, but never opened.Credit: ReutersOfficial figures also reveal the number of cases jumped to 64,059 - including thousands of victims working on the frontline.The number killed is now second only to Italy, where 8,215 people have lost their lives.
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