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MADRID
SPANISH authorities have the coronavirus outbreak “under control,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said citing the latest infection figures.
The overall number of cases rose by 6,000 to reach 152,000 over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday after several days of the new infection rate remaining stable.
Sanchez told parliament that a state of emergency that has been in place since March 15 helped quell the spread of the virus.
The legislature is set to vote on whether to extend a nationwide lockdown until April 26, with approval of the measure a foregone conclusion.
Since Wednesday, 683 people have died of COVID-19, taking the overall death toll to 15,238. That was slightly lower than the 757 registered the day before. However, there has been growing speculation that officials may have grossly underestimated the death toll. Authorities in the Madrid region acknowledged on Wednesday that the number of deaths in retirement homes could be five times as high as that announced by health officials.
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