The coronavirus pandemic death toll in Spain passed 10,000 on Thursday, as the hard-hit country reported its highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began, with the total rising by 950 to 10,003 among 110,238 infections.
Globally, over 938,000 have been diagnosed with the virus, and some 194,400 have recovered. Nearly 47,200 people have died from the disease, which was first discovered in China late last year.
Record Rise in Unemployment in Spain:
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New data has revealed that almost 900,000 people in Spain have lost their jobs since the country imposed strict measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, another sign of the economic impact of the outbreak in Europe's second worst-hit country.
The data shows 898,822 people have now lost their jobs since the start of the lockdown, including about 550,000 temporary workers, the BBC reported citing the data as saying.
Spain's official unemployment figure rose to 3.5 million, the highest level since April 2017.
March's figure was the highest monthly rise in unemployment ever recorded in the country, which already had one of the eurozone's highest jobless rates.
The country has also banned all but essential outings and shut most businesses in mid-March.
"This is an absolutely unprecedented situation," the BBC quoted Labour Minister Yolanda Daz as saying at a news conference.
The tourism and construction sectors were the hardest hit.