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Spain Records Over 1,500 New Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours - Health Ministry

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Spain Records Over 1,500 New Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours - Health Ministry

12:34 GMT 14.03.2020 (Updated: 18:52 GMT 06.03.2023)

© AP Photo / Manu FernandezA woman wears a face mask as she walks in front of a closed restaurant in downtown Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will declare a two-week state of emergency on Saturday, giving itself extraordinary powers including the mobilization of the armed forces, to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

A woman wears a face mask as she walks in front of a closed restaurant in downtown Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will declare a two-week state of emergency on Saturday, giving itself extraordinary powers including the mobilization of the armed forces, to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. - Sputnik International

MADRID (Sputnik) - Earlier this week, the World Health Organisation declared the spread of the COVID-19 a pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed 145,000, with over 5,400 fatalities.

The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Spain has jumped by more than 1,500 in 24 hours, exceeding 5,700, the country’s health ministry announced Saturday, adding that 136 people died from the disease.

With 2,940 cases registered in capital city Madrid alone, the exact nationwide number went from 4,231 on Friday, when the government announced a state of emergency, to 5,753 on Saturday.

Places of public gathering, shopping malls and parks were closed across the capital region.

The authorities of the Catalonia region confirmed 509 cases of the infection there, while 417 cases were registered in the Basque Country.