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Spain overtakes China virus toll with 3,434 deaths: govt
MADRID, March 25, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Spain’s coronavirus death toll overtook
that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after 738 people died over the
past 24 hours, the government said.
The spiralling number of deaths came as Spain entered the 11th day of an
unprecedented lockdown to try and rein in the COVID-19 epidemic that has now
infected 47,610 people, the health ministry said.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1708 hrs