Spain Reports 832 Coronavirus Deaths in Deadliest Day Yet

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A hospital worker wheels a coronavirus patient into a waiting ambulance to be taken to another sanitary center at the Severo Ochoa hospital on March 27, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Spain recorded 769 deaths and 36,000 hospitalized from the Coronavirus in the last 24 hours as it plans to continue its quarantine measures at least through April 11. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 20,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) , Photographer: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Europe

Charlie Devereux, Bloomberg News

Mar 28, 2020

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Spain said 832 people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its deadliest day since the outbreak began. That brings the total to 5,690 after the country recorded 769 deaths on Friday.

Spain has been in almost total lockdown for two weeks, with citizens confined to their homes, except for essential activities such as buying food and medicine, in an effort to curtail the spread of the virus. Health Minister Salvador Illa warned on Friday that the pandemic has yet to reach its peak in Spain.

The outbreak is stretching Spain’s health-care system, with doctors sometimes having to choose who should live or die. Madrid, the epicenter of the outbreak in the country, has set up a temporary hospital in the Spanish capital’s main conference center and is preparing a second space to accommodate the flood of patients needing treatment, El Pais reported on Saturday.

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