The total number of confirmed cases in Spain reached 172,541 on Tuesday compared to 169,496 on Monday, the Spanish Health Ministry’s daily update said.
According to the Health Ministry, the death toll increased by 567 over the last 24 hours climbing to 18,056.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic. According to the latest WHO data, more than 1.7 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the world, and over 111,000 people have died from the disease.