3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:06
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BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia sees over 1,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours with Malaga accounting for almost half

Andalucia Cases

SOME 1,038 people in Andalucia have tested positive for COVID-19 by PCR in the past 24 hours.

According to the Junta almost half of these (410), have been detected in Malaga.

The Costa del Sol province far outpaces its seven neighbours, with Cadiz and Almeria coming in a joint distant second with 134 registered cases over the same period.

Sevilla declared 125 cases between Wednesday and Thursday, followed by Granada with 77, Cordoba 75, Jaen 70 and Huelva 13.

Meanwhile, 104 people have overcome the virus across the region in the pat 24 hours.

However zero of these were in Malaga, with the majority of recoveries taking place in Sevilla and Jaen, recording 42 and 36 respectively.

The total number of coronavirus patients in hospital in the region is currently at 567 while 78 are in intensive care.

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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