4 Nov, 2020 @ 23:51
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Spain adds 1,623 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday due to backlog of data and 25,042 cases

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SPAIN has recorded its second-highest daily count of coronavirus cases Wednesday with 25,042 added to the running total. 

During the entire pandemic, that figure was only beaten last Friday, when it was 25,595. 

It should be noted that Catalunya figures from yesterday and today are included in Wednesday’s numbers following errors in reporting data on Tuesday.

Of the 25,042 declared today, some 8,924 correspond to tests performed in the past 24 hours (3,783 more than Tuesday). 

Madrid accounted for the most with 1,942, followed by Catalunya with 1,619 and the Basque Country with 1,166. 

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry added 1,623 deaths to the rolling death toll on Wednesday. 

According to health leaders, the astonishing number is due to delays in confirming deaths before May 11, with health professionals having been extra careful not to report errors. 

This caused a backlog and meant an extra 5,105 cases and 1,326 deaths were added to the totals today. 

Without these, the case increase today would be 19,937 and death count 297. 

The total number of deaths from coronavirus in Spain is now 38,118. 

Meanwhile, the cumulative incidence rate of infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days continues to grow, up marginally from 527 yesterday to 528 today. 

The most at risk regions with an incidence rate of above 1,000 are Melilla (1,424), Navarra (1,172) and Aragon (1,106). 

Other regions that exceed the national average, with worrying levels, include Ceuta (902), Castilla y Leon (819), La Rioja (768), Catalunya (752), the Basque Country (674), Murcia (604), Extremadura (564) and Castilla La Mancha (537).

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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