Health authorities say Spain has registered a daily record increase in its daily virus infections and deaths.
Spain announced 6,584 new coronavirus infections Tuesday, bringing the overall total to 39, 673. The number of deaths also jumped by a record number of 514 to 2,696.
"This is the tough week,” Fernando Simón, the head of the Spanish health emergency coordination center, said at a daily briefing.
Benat Erro Diez, a young student musician plays his clarinet in the empty Loiu airport, near to Bilbao, northern Spain, Monday, March 23, 2020. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it causes severe illness. (AP PhotoAlvaro Barrientos)
Simon also said some 5, 400 health workers were infected.