MADRID: The rate of new coronavirus infections and deaths in Spain slowed again on Sunday (Apr 5) as the country, suffering from one of the world's worst outbreaks of the pandemic, began its fourth week under a near-total lockdown.
Deaths from the highly infectious COVID-19 respiratory disease rose to 12,418 on Saturday - the second-highest worldwide after Italy.
Advertisement Advertisement However, the toll of 674 people who died during the past 24 hours was down from Saturday's 809 and