A drop of 2,000

The Spanish Health Ministry on Monday revised downward the official coronavirus death toll in Spain. The total number of victims since the beginning of the pandemic stood on Sunday at 28,752. But on Monday, the figure reported was 26,834. This represents a drop of 1,918, or 7% of the total.


The revision breaks the statistical series and devalues the figures reported in the previous days, given they can no longer be compared with the new ones. Following the evolution of the epidemic will be impossible until the Health Ministry reconstructs the series.

Here are some of the latest figures from around the world:

France’s coronavirus cases have risen from 145,279 on Monday to 145,555 on Tuesday, the French health ministry has said

The death toll in Spain now stands at 27,117, while 236,259 coronavirus cases have been confirmed

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Canada has now risen to 85,998

32,955 people have now died from Covid-19 in Italy, an increase of 78 since Monday

As of 5pm on 25 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, 37,048 have died. This new figure includes deaths in all settings, not just in hospitals. The equivalent figure under the old measure would have been 29,965.

Global coronavirus figures
Across the world more than 5.5 million people have now been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The worldwide death toll now stands at 348,040.