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Spain Leads Western Europe With 500K Coronavirus Infections

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   Spain has become the first nation in Western Europe to exceeda
   half-million COVID-19total infections, as the total number of cases
   around the world surged to 27.3 million, including893,000 deaths.

   Data fromSpain'sHealth Ministry showed a total of 525,549 cases as of
   Tuesday, including 29,516 deaths. In comparison, France has recorded
   367,174 total infections and 30,732 deaths, while Britain has 352,451
   total cases, including 41,643 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins
   University's [1]coronavirus tracking project.

   Social culture
   Spain imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns at the pandemic's
   peak back in March, when the country's hospitals were overwhelmed with
   new coronavirus patients and the number of fatalities exceeded more
   than 800 on a daily basis. The outbreak eventually was brought under
   control, but the number of new infections has steadily risen since the
   country began relaxing restrictions in July.

   Some experts believe the rising COVID-19 infections are due to the
   country's highly social culture, while others blame the recent surge on
   a lack of widespread contact tracing and a premature exit from
   lockdown.

References

   1. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

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