While the number of active cases in Spain continues to rise, the rate of increase continues to slow.
The deaths represent a 7.3% rise but are the lowest increase since March 26.On Thursday, Spain's death toll surpassed 10,000, and the country joined Italy as one of only two to report five figure death tolls.The ministry's most recent data shows there are now 78,733 active cases of Covid-19 in Spain, an increase of 2,511 from Thursday — but also the smallest daily rise since March 20.A total of 6,532 people have been admitted to intensive care units since the pandemic began.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that the country's state of alarm, which demands strict limits on people's movements and continues the closure of schools and most businesses, will extend for a another two weeks, until April 26."We are facing the great crisis of our lives," Sanchez said in a nationwide address.The state of alarm had already been extended until April 11. The government will ask the Spanish parliament to approve the extension on Tuesday.
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