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Spain virus death toll tops 4,000: government
MADRID, March 26, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged to 4,089 after 655 people died within 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday.
It was a 19 percent increase on figures released on Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 56,188 in Spain, which has the world’s second highest death toll from the disease after Italy.
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