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Coronavirus infection rate decreasing in nearly all Spanish regions, but almost 15% of infected are health workers
From CNN’s Vasco Cotovio
A health worker tests a patient at a drive-through testing center in Menorca, Spain, on April 6. David Arquimbau Sintes/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The number of new coronavirus infections is decreasing in “practically all” regions across Spain, Maria Jose Sierra, an official from the country’s center for health emergencies said at a briefing on Monday.
“It is important that a few days pass to confirm this tendency, but the data allows us to observe that the growth rate of the coronavirus pandemic is decreasing in practically all [Spanish] communities,” Sierra said.
Spain coronavirus outbreak slows down further: The coronavirus outbreak in Spain continues to slow down, with Health Ministry figures showing 637 have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 13,055 deaths. That represents a rise of 5.1% on Sunday’s numbers, the lowest daily rise, percentage-wise, since early March.
Heath workers infected: Around 19,400 Spanish health workers, including doctors and nurses, have been infected with the novel coronavirus, Sierra added.
That means health workers account for almost 15% of the total number of infections in Spain.
