Spain and Italy, the two European nations hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, continue to report low daily Covid-19 deaths and new cases.
In Spain, the number of daily deaths due to Covid-19 rose by 95 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths to more than 27,800, figures reported by the country’s health ministry on Wednesday show.
The data, however, shows a slight uptick in new infections, which will be explained “in the next few days,” said Fernando Simón, Spain’s director of the Center for Health Emergencies.
More on this: Spain’s Health Ministry recently instituted a new reporting system for Covid-19 cases, which is designed to allow much faster detection, isolation of patients, and treatment of the virus, Simón has said.
Meanwhile, Italy continues to steadily drive its coronavirus numbers down.
The number of active cases in Italy dropped to 62,752 Wednesday, according to the Italian Civil Protection Agency. Today’s figure is a decrease of more than 2,300 cases since the day before.
The number of deaths rose by at least 161 in the past day to a total of 32,330, the agency reported.
The total number of cases in the country since the beginning of the outbreak is now 227,364, an increase of 665 from the day before.