Madrid: Spain reported 3,715 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, marking a new daily record since the country came out of a strict lockdown in late June.Madrid bore the brunt of the increase, logging 1,535 new cases, followed by the Basque Country and Aragon regions with around 470 new infections each.Fourteen people died across Spain in the same period, down from 21 the previous day.
In the past seven days, 131 people have died from the virus, the ministry said.Cumulative cases, which include antibody tests on patients who may have already recovered, rose to 370,867.Despite mandatory use of masks across the country, EU data show Spain has the highest total tally of cases in western Europe.