Spain COVID-19 death toll rises by 514 to 2,696

Spain has reported nearly 20 percent rise in COVID-19 cases and 23.5 percent rise in deaths from Monday.

Madrid: Another 514 people have died in Spain over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of infections surged towards 40,000, the government said on Tuesday.

The number of people who have tested positive rose by nearly 20 percent to 39,673, the health ministry said, while the death toll represented an increase of 23.5 percent over the figures from Monday.