21 Oct, 2020 @ 14:39
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BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia registers 3,442 COVID-19 cases Wednesday in new record

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SPAIN’S Andalucia has recorded 3,442 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

The huge figure, taken from PCR and antibody tests, is the highest daily count since the end of the nationwide lockdown.

Sevilla continues to count the most out of all the provinces, registering 1,089 cases in the past 24 hours.

It is followed by Granada with 847, Cordoba 409, Jaen 333, Cadiz 316, Malaga 205, Huelva 129 and Almeria 114.

Meanwhile, 946 people overcame the virus in Andalucia in the past 24 hours.

Hospitals received a further 195 coronavirus patients over the same period, nine of whom entered intensive care units.

The southernmost region counted 31 deaths caused by coronavirus between Tuesday and Wednesday.

The concerning figures come as the Junta has warned it will be bringing in tougher restrictions from Friday.

Vice president of the region Juan Marin has also asked prime minister Pedro Sanchez to bring in a nationwide curfew.

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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