The death toll from COVID-19 in Spain, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic coronavirus in the world, exceeded 20 000 people after 565 new fatal cases reported in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths reached on Saturday 20 043. The growth was slightly lower than on Friday, when there were 585 deaths, reports The Guardian.
The Ministry of health of Spain added that the total number of cases of coronavirus on Saturday rose to 191 726, compared to 188 068 cases as of Friday.
In the UK, the official death toll from the deadly virus has exceeded 15 thousand. In the last 24 hours, there were 888 new fatalities. According to the Institute for John Hopkins, a leading accounting cases of infection and death from coronavirus online in the UK as of 20:00 Saturday Moscow time from illness died 15 644 people.
Just at the same moment, according to the Institute, in the world contracted the coronavirus 2 018 284 people have died 156 091.
