MADRID : Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to 683 on Thursday, after rising for two days, the authorities said.
The country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic, has now recorded 15,238 deaths from Covid-19. The daily toll was down from 757 on Wednesday.
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, who have not included almost 3,500 deaths of people who had not been tested for the virus.