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Spain's coronavirus death toll surges past China

Spain surged past China to now have the world’s second-highest tally of coronavirus deaths after seeing a 738 spike overnight — its highest so far in one day.

With at least 3,434 fatalities since the COVID-19 outbreak, the Iberian nation now has a death toll that is more than half of Italy's, which as of Wednesday morning stood at 6,820.

Spain’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday a 20 percent spike in infections from a day earlier, to at least 47,610. More than 5,000 people have recovered, officials said.

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“(It’s) an increase equivalent to the one we saw in the last days, and lower than the ones we were observing last week,” said Fernando Simon, director of the Center for Coordination of Sanitation Emergencies, according to El Pais. “These increases are variable to the different communities, but the evolution of the epidemic in which we are approaching the peak does not go hand-in-hand with the overload in the hospital system, because it takes a few days from the first symptoms.”

Spain now stands behind China – where the virus was first detected late last year – Italy and the United States for most coronavirus infections.