Spain registers more than 900 Covid-19 deaths for 2nd day

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Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered 932 new COVID-19 deaths within 24 hours, bringing the total to 10,935, the Health Ministry in Madrid announced on Friday.

For the second day in a row, Spain has seen the death rate surge above 900.

It is the seventh consecutive day that the country has registered over 800 deaths.

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Meanwhile, the number of confirmed new infections rose by almost 7,500 to a total of almost 118,000.

According to official data, at the same time, almost 4,000 patients infected with COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the new coronavirus, were released from hospital after recovering.

Of the over 56,000 people treated in Spanish hospitals for COVID-19 to date, over 30,000 have now recovered.

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