23 Oct, 2020 @ 15:31
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Spain’s Andalucia records 3,503 COVID-19 cases Friday in new record for second wave

Coronavirus Friday

ANDALUCIA has recorded 3,503 cases of coronavirus on Friday in a new record for the second wave.

Sevilla once again is the province counting the most with 864.

It is followed by Granada with 703, Jaen with 532, Cordoba with 395, Malaga with 368, Cadiz with 240, Almeria with 205 and Huelva with 197.

The new record beats the previous highest count on Wednesday, when 3,442 cases were detected.

Meanwhile, 15 people lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours.

It is a drop from yesterday, which saw the deadliest day of the second wave in the region with 44 deaths.

In terms of hospitalisations, there have been 132 COVID-19 patients admitted in the past 24 hours, 10 of whom entered intensive care units.

A total of 773 people overcame the virus in Andalucia in the past 24 hours.

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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