COVID-19 numbers surge in Spain with 3,000 new cases reported in a day

Spain has reported its largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since the end of April, with nearly 3,000 new cases recorded on 13 August. 

It comes at a time when Spain's regions are enforcing new restrictions to help control the spread. 

Galicia in northwest Spain has banned smoking in public places and the army was mobilized in northeastern Zaragoza to build a field hospital.

The country's director of the health ministry's coordination center, Fernando Simón, attempted to remain positive insisting "it's a gentle rise that allows for the implementation of control measures."

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