Spain ‘s death toll for coronavirus has surpassed , , the health ministry has said.
The number of people who have died after contracting Covid – rose by on Saturday to reach 35, .
This marked a smaller daily increase than on Friday, when the government said 823 more people had died.
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More than 400, people have tested positive for coronavirus in the country to date, according to Saturday’s figures.
The number of confirmed infections is up from 400, Friday.
Spain has been one of the worst-hit countries by the pandemic, with the third-highest death toll in the world, according to a global count by Reuters.
In the United States , around 188, People who tested positive have died to date, while around 043, 823 coronavirus patients have died in Italy as of Saturday.
Spain slightly eased its lockdown measures earlier this week to let people in construction and manufacturing go back to work.
Before that, only essential workers – such as health professionals and the police – were allowed to travel to work as authorities worked to limit the spread of the flu-like virus.
Other lockdown measures remain in place, with people ordered to stay inside unless it is deemed necessary, for example to get groceries, medicine, or go to work.
The government announced on Friday it was planning on paying a basic monthly income to about a million of the country’s poorest homes in a bid to help people deal with the financial blow of the coronavirus outbreak.
Spain shed nearly , (jobs
during the first two weeks of the lockdown imposed on (March to limit the spread of Covid – , pushing the number of officially unemployed back up to where it had been three years ago.
additional reporting by Reuters
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