Confirmed cases increased by 7,026 to 124,736 over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data, while deaths rose by 809 Spain’s Covid-19 cases have surpassed Italy as Europe’s two main epicentres continue to grapple with curtailing the virus.
A slower pace of fatalities and new cases though is offering hope that Spain’s outbreak may be edging toward a peak. Confirmed cases increased by 7,026 to 124,736 over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data, while deaths rose by 809 to 11,744.
Total cases are now higher than Italy’s 119,827. Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa had said on Friday that the goal of slowing the spread of the epidemic was “within reach." Even so, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is likely to extend a