25 Apr, 2020 @ 13:31
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BREAKING: Spain sees more recoveries than new infections for second day in a row in strongest sign yet it is winning coronavirus battle

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SPAIN has maintained a death rate of below 400 for the second day in a row, new figures reveal.

According to the Health Ministry, 378 people lost their lives to coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

While it’s slightly up from the four-week low of 367 reported yesterday, it’s a day-to-day increase of 1.6%.

That is the lowest increase yet and half of what was being seen only two weeks ago, suggesting the 42 days of confinement are bringing results.

Tragically, however, the total death toll sits at 22,902 as of Saturday, a figure beaten only by the US and Italy.

Spain has seen an average of 432 deaths every day since the first official coronavirus patient died on March 3.

In terms of caseload, the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased by 2,944 (up from yesterday’s increase of 2,796).

While the infection rate has risen today, yesterday it experienced a record drop, while in the past 24 hours, the rise in caseload is just 1%, the lowest since the crisis began.

Meanwhile, for the second day in a row, more people have recovered from the disease than have tested positive.

Some 3,353 people were rid of COVID-19 between Friday and Saturday.

The total number of confirmed cases has risen to 205,906 – if we’re just counting PCR tests, and 223,759 if those who have tested positive for antibodies and have already recovered are included.

The Health Ministry has decided to not include those who test positive for antibodies in their daily count of new COVID-19 infections.

It comes after they have quadrupled testing in the past week in a bid to understand how far and wide the virus has spread.

That decision led to confusion yesterday as different media outlets reported either around 2,700 or 6,700 new cases, with some papers accusing the government of manipulating the data.

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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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