MADRID — Spain suffered its second-worst month for coronavirus deaths in February with 10,528 fatalities, the worst figure since April last year, government figures showed on Monday.
The overall toll now stands at 69,609, health ministry data showed.
Although Spain’s third wave peak has passed — the 14-day cumulative case number has fallen from nearly 900 per 100,000 peoplein late January to 175 currently — the death toll has remained stubbornly high.
Last April, at the height of the first wave, a total of 16,354 people died after contracting the virus.
As in many other countries, the real death toll is thought to be far higher than the official number given that many…
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