Covid-19: Spain now third country with more infections than China

Over 800 deaths in Spain and same number in Italy, but with record number cured there

Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 06:47 Updated: Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 21:43

Italy is experiencing a continued slowdown in the rate of its new confirmed coronavirus cases. Photograph: Reuters

Italy is experiencing a continued slowdown in the rate of its new confirmed coronavirus cases. Photograph: Reuters

Spain has become the third country to surpass China in coronavirus infections after the United States and Italy.

With a population of only 47 million to China’s 1.4 billion, Spain’s tally of infections reached 85,195 on Monday, a rise of 8 per cent from the previous day.

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