A man wearing a protective mask walks past closed shops amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours fell again on Wednesday to 523 from 567 reported the previous day, the country’s health ministry said.
The daily death toll brought the total number of fatalities to 18,579.
The overall number of cases in the country rose to 177,633 on Wednesday from 172,541 the day before.
Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by Andrei Khalip
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