MADRID — Spain confirms nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, sending the total spiraling past 11,000, with 491 deaths, the health ministry says today.
Over the past 24 hours, the number of people infected rose by 1,987, hiking the overall total to 11,178, the ministry’s emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon says, while indicating the number of people who had recovered stood at 1,098.
— AFP
A single passenger wearing a face mask as a protective measure arrives at the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport in Barajas, near Madrid on March 16, 2020. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP)
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