Spain sees slight increase in new coronavirus deaths, cases
Published : 20 May 2020, 22:35
The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare on Wednesday confirmed slight increase in both the number of new COVID-19 deaths and infection cases.
Ninety-five people (12 more than the 83 confirmed one day earlier) lost their lives to COVID-19 in the 24 hours from midnight on Monday to midnight on Tuesday, taking the total number of confirmed deaths in Spain to 27,888.
It is the fourth consecutive day that saw fatalities below 100, with the regions of Catalonia and Madrid accounting for 58 of the 95 deaths, while some regions (like Aragon, the Canary Islands, Castilla-Leon, Extremadura, Galicia and Navarra) reported no death at all.
There was an important rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which check if the coronavirus is active in the body. The Health Ministry reported 416 new infections, (compared with 295 new cases 24 hours earlier), bringing the total confirmed cases to 232,555.