Spain’s COVID-19 cases hit 200k

Spain registered 399 more deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 victims to 20,852, according to the Health Ministry.

This is the lowest daily death toll registered in the country since March 22.

On Monday, the country also passed the 200,000 mark for confirmed cases, after finding another 4,266 infections.

Spain has the second-most cases in the world, after the United States.

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 2,400,000 globally, resulting in more than 630,000 recoveries and over 165,000 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.