Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll falls to 164, slowest in 7 weeks

Spain has recorded 164 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since March 18, newspaper El Pais reported on Sunday.

That would bring the country’s cumulative death toll from the virus to 25,264. As of Saturday Spain had reported 216,582 confirmed cases of the infection.

Joggers and cyclists across Spain have emerged from their homes early on Saturday, with adults allowed out for exercise for the first time in seven weeks as the government began easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a four-phase plan to return the country to what he termed “the new normality” by the end of June.

To avoid overcrowding as people get outside, the government has implemented a shift system, allocating different time slots to different age groups.