Spain overtakes China with 3,434 virus deaths

Madrid (AFP) March 25, 2020

Spain's coronavirus death toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after another 738 people died as Madrid announced a multi-million-euro deal with Beijing for critical supplies. The spike in fatalities means that across the globe, only Italy - with 7,503 deaths - now has a higher death toll than Spain. In China, where the virus emerged late last year, the COVID-19 epi