The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, moved past 20,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said.
A total of 20,043 people have now succumbed to the disease, which killed 565 people in Spain in the past 24 hours, slightly down on the 585 reported on Friday.
Besides, the global death toll from coronavirus (Covid-19) has climbed to 156,119 till Saturday evening (Bangladesh Time).
Besides, a total of 22,76,473 people have been infected and 582,599 have recovered worldwide from the disease, worldometer reported.
Of those infected, 1,537,755 are currently being treated and 57,497 of them are in serious or critical condition.
Coronavirus is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
BDST: 2048 HRS, APR 18, 2020
