Spain’s death toll from coronavirus has now reached 8,102.
The country confirmed the world’s largest daily death increase today after a further 950 people died from Covid-19.
There are currently 110,238 confirmed cases of the virus in the country, after a further 10,003 were reported.
Globally, about 938,000 people have now been diagnosed with coronavirus, while nearly 47,000 people have died. More than 30,000 of those deaths have been in Europe.
This week, Spanish health authorities announced that the number of hospital beds has been increased nationally by 20%.
An extra 1,500 ventilator machines have also been secured, while local manufacturers have been asked to speed up production.
Hotels have also been transformed into recovery rooms and sports centres and libraries have been turned into field hospitals in Madrid and northeast Catalonia.
The Spanish Ministry of Defence also announced that assault ship SPS Galicia would be used to provide extra hospital accommodation for the country’s North African enclave of Melilla.
Spain’s lockdown restrictions have seen 46,000,000 people ordered to stay at home unless they work in health care, food production and distribution, and other essential industries.
(METRO.CO.UK)
