⁍ Spain’s cumulative tally of confirmed coronavirus infections rose by 12,272 on Friday from the previous day.

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⁍ Total number of COVID-19 fatalities reached 31,232 from 31,118 reported on Thursday.

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⁍ Daily deaths are now around their highest levels since early May, but are well below the late March record of nearly 900.

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– Health officials in Spain are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the respiratory illness known as coronavirus, which has killed at least 31 people in the country and sickened more than 70,000, Reuters reports. The disease is caused by a common cold-like virus and typically infects people who have close contact with someone who has it. Health officials say they’re working quickly to contain the outbreak, which has been traced to a child in Madrid. The child recently returned from a trip to the Middle East, where the disease is prevalent.