Madrid said its latest daily toll fell to its lowest point in more than a month, while the Spanish regions of Galicia, Cantabria and Murcia reported no new deaths for the first time.
April 30 (UPI) — Spain on Thursday reported its lowest death toll from COVID-19 in nearly six weeks while the daily case count in Russia was its highest to date.
Madrid said the latest daily toll fell to 268, its lowest in more than a month. The Spanish regions of Galicia, Cantabria and Murcia reported no new deaths for the first time.
Overall,24,500 patients have died in Spain, the world’s third-highest total behind Italy and Britain.
The Spanish government is expected to ease lockdown restrictions slightly beginning Saturday.
The crisis has deepened in Russia, which reported a record 7,000 new cases in a single day — 3,000 in Moscow, a rise of 6 percent.
