Spain’s Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 1,000

MADRID (Reuters) —
Members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) arrive to disinfect the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport during a partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus disease outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)

Spain‘s death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared to 1,002 on Friday from 767 on the previous day, the country’s health emergencies chief Fernando Simon said.

The number of registered cases in the country rose to 19,980 on Friday from 17,147 on Thursday, Simon said.

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