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Spain logs nearly 2,000 new cases, as infections top 11,000: govt
MADRID, March 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Spain on Tuesday confirmed nearly 2,000
new cases of COVID-19, sending the total spiralling past 11,000, with 491
deaths, the health ministry said.
Over the past 24 hours, the number of people infected rose by 1,987,
hiking the overall total to 11,178, the ministry’s emergencies coordinator
Fernando Simon said, while indicating the number of people who had recovered
stood at 1,098.
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