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Spain virus death toll rises by 514 to 2,696: govt
MADRID, March 24, 2020 (AFP) – Another 514 people have died in Spain over
the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of
infections surged towards 40,000, the government said Tuesday.
The number of people who have tested positive rose by nearly 20 percent to
39,673, the health ministry said, while the death toll represented an
increase of 23.5 percent over the figures from Monday.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1700 hrs