A German national in Spain's Canary Islands who had previously tested positive for coronavirus has since tested negative twice, and has been released from hospital quarantine, a spokeswoman from Spain’s Health Department confirmed today.

“The German citizen who had tested positive to the virus and was quarantined in La Gomera has tested negative twice in later tests. He has been released from hospital following the necessary protocols,” the spokeswoman said.

“He was always asymptomatic but was kept in hospital after testing positive to the virus in the first test,” she added.

According to the Health Department, five German nationals who had been traveling with the individual in question were also quarantined, but tested negative to the virus.

This now leaves only one person infected with the virus in Spain – in Palma de Mallorca.