Staff Reporter
SPAIN has detected 25,595 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
It is the highest daily count of the pandemic and is the first time it has exceeded 25,000, a feat only achieved by a handful of countries.
The Ministry of Health figures released today suggest the country is far from reaching a peak in the second wave, with the number of infections detected jumping by 28% compared to last Friday.
The total number of infections registered since the start of the pandemic in Spain is now 1,185,678.
It means 2.5% of the population has officially been infected but the actual number is believed to be much higher.
A total of 239 people lost their lives to the virus in Spain between Thursday and Friday.
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