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Updated April 4th, 2020 at 20:32 IST

Spain reports 7,026 new virus infections

Spain's government on Saturday reported 7,026 new infections of the new coronavirus, with 809 deaths over the last 24 hours.

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Spain's government on Saturday reported 7,026 new infections of the new coronavirus, with 809 deaths over the last 24 hours.

The latest figures, announced by Spain's Health Ministry brings the country's total number of infections to 124,736, with 11,744 fatalities from the pandemic.

The daily increase puts Spain ahead of Italy as the country with the second-most infections behind the United States.

Italy is set to update its figures later on Saturday.

An ice rink in Madrid has been turned into a makeshift morgue after the city’s municipal funeral service said it could no longer take coronavirus bodies until it was restocked with protective equipment.

The Health Ministry said it had 18,324 infected health care workers as of Saturday.

That represents 15% of the total number of infections in the country.

Spain’s government has hired 356 foreign health workers living in Spain to help boost its ranks. It has also hired medical and nursing students to help deal with the crisis.

Spain is completing its third week of a state of emergency, which the government has used to apply stay-at-home rules and a shutdown of all non-essential industries.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

The vast majority of people recover.

The new coronavirus has caused a global pandemic that has sickened over 1.1 million people, killed over 60,500 worldwide, crippled economies and forced restrictions on the movement of millions of people in an effort to stop the virus from spreading further and overwhelming health care systems.

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Published April 4th, 2020 at 20:32 IST

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