Spain's coronavirus death toll rises by 367 to 22,524, lowest daily toll in a month

Spain's coronavirus death toll has risen by 367 to 22,524 in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said on Friday.

It's the lowest daily number of deaths in four weeks since March 22 when 394 deaths were recorded. 

There were 2,796 new infections confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, or swab tests, over the past 24 hours, while 3,105 recovered, Spain's health ministry's emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon told a news conference. 

The total number of new cases went up by 6,740 in the last 24 hours when those detected by antibody tests were included, bringing the overall number of infections to 219,764 from 213,024 the day before. 

(With input from AFP)