Spain records lowest number of daily deaths over past two weeks

Spain recorded 605 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest in a 24-hour period since March 24, as its total number of confirmed cases rose to 157,022 as of Thursday night, according to official government data.

The total number of COVID-19 infections cases rose 4,576, a smaller increase than the 5,756 new cases reported the previous day.

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BRUSSELS

Belgium has recorded a total of 3,019 deaths related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to fresh figures released Friday by health authorities.

A further 325 COVID-19 patients had died in hospitals in the last 24 hours. In addition, 171 deaths were reported in nursing homes in Flanders between March 18 and March 31. In combination, that was a total of 496 deaths, according to Sciensano, a research institute and the national public health institute of Belgium.

TEHRAN

Iran on Friday reported 1,972 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 68,192, said Iran’s Health Ministry.