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Lockdown Fears Downplayed As Spain Infection Rate Equals April Peak — 9/2/20 4:35 a.m. ET

Senior ministers in Spain have played down fears of a new lockdown after several regions recorded higher infection rates than at the peak of the pandemic.

Tuesday’s update from Spain’s health ministry raised the tally since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by 8,115 cases to 470,973 overall, more than any other western European nation.

HuffPost Spain reports (in Spanish) that several regions, including Madrid, Andalusia and the Basque Country, have already exceeded their daily infection records, registering more positive cases at …continued .
[Source: Huffington Post]