Spanish Officials Say CCP Virus Peak Has Arrived as Another 864 People Die

A construction worker wearing a face mask walks outside the Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid on April 1, 2020. Oscar Del Poro/AFP via Getty Images

Spanish authorities said 864 people died overnight from COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll to 9,053.

Spain has one of the highest death tolls in the world. Its official mortality rate, 8.8 percent, is also one of the highest, though the true rate is lower because of the number of mild and asymptomatic cases that go unconfirmed.