ONE LAKH INFECTED IN

COVIDA VIRUS

 IN SPAIN

SHAMSUL BASUNIA

Spain topped 100,000 corona virus infections and registered its highest daily death toll on Wednesday as health authorities raced to deploy hospital beds to deal with the pressure of the pandemic.  The latest figures place Spain third in the grisly global rankings of corona virus cases, behind Italy and the United States, and second in terms of fatalities, behind Italy. The total number of cases soared to 102,136, with an increase of 7,719 in the past 24 hours, María José Sierra, spokesperson of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, told a press conference. Of those infections, 22,646 have recovered and 9,053 have died. There are 5,872 people in intensive care, the expert added, and in the last 24 hours, there were 864 deaths in Spain, the highest death toll in the country to date.