Spain: Coronavirus deaths near 22k

Spanish Health Ministry announced that the novel coronavirus death toll now stands at 21,717 in the country, after rising by 435 since the last update.

The total number of cases increased by 4,211 to 208,389.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 2,572,603 globally, resulting in more than 701,509 recoveries and over 178,548 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.