MADRID (HRNW) – Spain on Tuesday recorded a slight decrease in the number of daily coronavirus deaths with the government set to unveil plans to relax stringent lockdown measures in place since mid-March.
The number of fatalities rose by 301 to 23,822 in the previous 24 hours, compared with Monday s increase of 331, the health ministry said.
It is the fifth consecutive day that the number of daily fatalities in Spain — which has the world s third-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States and Italy — has been below 400.
Officials believe the epidemic peaked on April 2 when the daily toll hit 950.
“The evolution has been very fast in terms of the number of dead and that is good,” health ministry emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon told a news conference.
Spain s nearly 47 million people have since March 14 lived under one of the strictest virus lockdowns in the world, with only adults authorised to leave home to buy food, medicine or walk the dog.
The lockdown was prolonged last week until May 9 but Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to later on Tuesday outline how he will ease the restrictions.
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