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| Spain surpasses Italy in confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 7000+ people reported ill on Friday | |
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| Spain now has more confirmed cases of Covid-19 than Italy, with the number of infections soaring over 117,000 on Friday, up around 7,000 on a day earlier. | |
| The death toll from the virus in Spain also surged to 10,935 in the last 24 hours, according to the country's health ministry. | |
| While the numbers are grim, the ministry said it also marked the first fall in the daily death toll since March 26. | |
| With almost 14,000 fatalities, Italy is still the country with the highest death toll, but it now appears Spain could reach similar numbers within days. | |
| Spain's government imposed a national quarantine on March 15 as the virus spread rapidly. | |
| Confirmed cases worldwide topped one million on Thursday, with deaths surpassing 53,000 globally. | |
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