Spain's virus death toll surpasses 4000

Spain has registered 655 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours - down from over 700 the previous day, the health ministry has reported as the total death toll from the epidemic in the country rose to over 4000.

The overall number of coronavirus cases soared to 56,188 from 47,610 on Wednesday. The number of reported deaths from the virus rose to 4089 from 3434 on Wednesday, the ministry said.