MADRID 3 May (ANA) - Spaniards have been soaking up the sun and exercising outside for the second day since the coronavirus lockdown was eased as the country's daily death toll rose by the lowest amount in six weeks.

 

New coronavirus fatalities in Spain rose by 164 to 25,264 today, according to data from the Health Ministry, marking the lowest one-day increase since March 18.

 

Confirmed cases of the virus rose to 217,466 on Sunday, from 216,582 on Saturday, the ministry said.

 

Millions of Spaniards took to the country's streets and seafronts to take part in sport for the first time in nearly seven weeks in a new easing of its coronavirus lockdown that began on Saturday.

 

Churches are due to reopen tomorrow with confessions seeing the priest and the church-goer staying as far apart as possible while wearing face masks and gloves.

 

If any baptisms are held the baby will not be anointed with water but with a disposable cotton swab. Marriages are unlikely to restart until June.

 

From tomorrow masks will be compulsory on public transport in Spain as pat of the reopening measures. 

 

Today Spain's 24-hour death toll hit one of the lowest levels since mid-March, with the total number of positive cases up 833 and the number cured patients is 118,902 - up 1,654.

 

The considerable decrease in the death tally was reported by Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez who is conducting a video conference with the leaders of all the autonomous regions in Spain to explain measures being taken to ease the lockdown imposed on March 14.(ANA)

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