The spread of the coronavirus in Spain seems to be slowing despite more than 200,000 people now having been infected, according to officials.
It comes as the Bank of Spain gave wide-ranging forecasts for an economic blow of "considerable severity". With 200,210 recorded infections, Spain is second only to the United States in terms of confirmed cases, according toReuters data.
But Health Emergency Chief Fernando Simon told a news conference that the rate of new infections continues to fall despite an increase in testing, suggesting the overall prevalence of the disease could be lower than expected in the population. "Fortunately occurrence is falling a lot, even more than we had thought," he said.