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Spain Reports More Than 52,000 New Cases of COVID-19 Over the Weekend

November 9, 2020

By Αssociated Press

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus, stand in the square outside the Almudena cathedral to listen to an open air mass to celebrate Madrid s patron saint La Almudena virgin in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul White)

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus, stand in the square outside the Almudena cathedral to listen to an open air mass to celebrate Madrid s patron saint La Almudena virgin in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul White)

MADRID — Spain’s health ministry is reporting more than 52,000 officially recorded new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, as ICU wards fill up with new coronavirus patients.

The average occupancy rate of ICU beds by COVID-19 patients has surpassed 31%, with that percentage exceeding 50% in the regions on La Rioja and Aragón. Half of the ICU beds in the Melilla region are also taken.

The health ministry said Monday that 512 people died over the weekend.

Spain has recorded more than 39,000 deaths and more that 1.38 million cases since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic

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