People wearing protective face masks rearrange their shopping for three households during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528.
Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from 72,248 the day before.
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