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Spain reports 2,000 new virus cases and more than 100 deaths
MADRID, March 15, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Spain on Sunday reported some 2,000 new
coronavirus cases and more than a hundred deaths over the last 24 hours, the
latest spike in Europe’s second-most affected country after Italy.
The new figures raise Spain’s number of COVID-19 infections to 7,753 — and
its death toll to 288 — after the government imposed a near-total nationwide
lockdown, banning people from leaving home except to go to work, get medical
care or buy food.
BSS/AFP/RY/20:02 hrs