Spain Reports Surge in Deaths Caused by COVID-19

Local police stand next to a mortuary car, allegedly carrying the corpse of a person who died of COVID-19 at the entrance of an ice rink which will be used as a morgue, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain on March 24, 2020. Juan Medina/Reuters

Spanish authorities said 514 people died from the new COVID-19 disease overnight, raising the country’s death toll to 2,696.

The new deaths marked a 23.5 percent increase in 24 hours.