SPAIN has registered another national record for coronavirus deaths in a single day at 838.

It surpasses the figure for the previous 24 hours, announced yesterday morning by six.

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A funeral worker wearing a protective suit carries a coffin out of the morgue at Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain Credit: Reuters

The emergency health units of Madrid preparing to take a future patient with Coronavirus Credit: Alamy Live News

Friday’s figure for coronavirus deaths was 769, which was also a national record at the time.

Only Italy’s single-day death tally is worse than Spain’s, with 969 dying there from coronavirus in the 24 hours between Thursday and Friday.

The grim statistic means 6,528 people with the virus have now died in Spain.

The new Spanish Ministry of Health figures show 78,797 people have been infected, 43,397 have needed to be hospitalised, 4,907 people have been admitted to intensive care and 14,709 people have been cured of the disease.

NEW LOCKDOWN MEASURES ENFORCED

Spain is tightening its coronavirus lockdown by ordering all but non-essential workers to stay indoors.

The current lockdown provisions have already caused chaos, leaving many homeless.

The ban on a range of work activities which were allowed in the first two weeks after a state of emergency was introduced, will start tomorrow (MON) and last until April 9.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez announced the new restrictions in an address to the nation yesterday evening.

Who will be forced to stay home Those restricted: Construction workers

Workers in factories which are not producing medical equipment or essentials like food

Restaurant and bar staff, who have already spent two weeks under lockdown. Those still allowed to go to work: Medical workers

Police

Lorry drivers who are transporting food and other basic commodities

Supermarket staff

He said: “All workers performing non-essential activities must remain at home for the next fortnight like they do at the weekend.

“If we achieve the level of mobility we’re seeing at weekends on working days, we can halt even more the spread of this pandemic.”

The ban covers eight working days.

Employees who have to stay at home will be paid but will be expected to do extra hours over the next few months to make up the time they have been kept out of work.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez announce the confinement of the 'non-essential activity workers' last night Credit: EPA

Spain has now entered the third week of a state of emergency which has closed theatres, restaurants, nightclubs and clothes shops.

Free movement was also limited on March 14 to stop people exercising in public places like parks.

Ministers had been hinting that a tightening of Spanish work regulations was being looked at earlier in the week.

Spain’s emergency health director Fernando Simon said: “The disease is stabilising and we can say some areas of the country may have surpassed the peak, although we can’t say the same at a national level” but declined to specify which areas he was referring to.

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