Spain’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 10,000

Spain has passed another grim coronavirus milestone after the number of deaths exceeded 10,000.

The country, the second-worst hit in terms fatalities, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs.

The US, too, has registered 6.6 million new jobless benefit claims which is a record.

The unemployment figures are another sign of the dire impact the pandemic is having on businesses in many countries.

Worldwide, confirmed coronavirus infections are nearing one million.

That’s according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks virus figures globally.

It’s tracker also recorded more than 47,000 deaths; some 195,000 people have recovered.

COVID-19 - the disease caused by coronavirus - has now claimed 10,003 lives in Spain as 950 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Source: BBC