Just in: Spain records lowest number of daily deaths over past two weeks

A medical worker prepares to enter the COVID-19 patients' wards at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, April 9, 2020. (Photo by Francisco Avia/Xinhua)

MADRID, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Spain recorded 605 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest number of deaths in a 24-hour period since March 24, as its total number of confirmed cases rose to 157,022 as of Thursday night, according to Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services. ■