Spain reports no virus deaths for first time since March

Spain said Monday it’s reporting deaths in a 24-hour period from new coronavirus for first time since March.

Emergency health response chief Fernando Simón said development is “very, very encouraging.”

He told a news conference re were only 71 new infection over past 24 hours.

“We are in a very good place in evolution of pandemic,” Simón said. “ statistics are following a trend. y are going right direction.”

Spain reported its first two deaths on March 3. Ar was reported two days later. Spain’s number of infections and death jumped exponentially. On April 2, it recorded 950 deaths in 24 hours — peak death toll.

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official death toll w stands at 27,127, with 240,000 confirmed cases.

Spain in recent weeks has grually been relaxing its strict lockdown as outbreak ebbs.