MADRID: Spain confirmed another 812 deaths in 24 hours from the coronavirus on Monday.
The deaths bring the total number of deaths to 7,340, international media reported.
It is the first decline in the number of deaths in a 24-hour period since Thursday in Spain, which has the world’s second most deadly outbreak after Italy. Spain recorded 838 virus deaths on Sunday, AFP reported.
The number of confirmed cases in Spain has now reached 85,195 — after the one-day increase of 8.0 percent.
However, officials have pointed to a slower growth rate for both deaths and confirmed cases and expressed hope that the peak of the outbreak was approaching.
The percentage increase in the number of deaths on Monday over the previous day was of 12.4 percent, less than half the increase of 27 percent recorded on Wednesday.
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