By Tara Rippin • Published: 27 Mar 2020 • 15:51
It comes as the Ministry of Interior announced this afternoon 172 members of the Armed Forces are currently affected, together with more than 700 police officers across Spain.
Mossos d’Esquadra posted: “One of our officers has died aged 57, of the Covid-19. Our condolences to the family, companies and friends. Through our sadness and pain (we will) continue to work with the same passion for the service of the citizens. He will always be in our memories.”
Un dels nostres agents ha mort als 57 anys per la COVID-19. El nostre condol a la família, companys i amics. Tot i la nostra tristesa i dolor continuem treballant amb la mateixa fermesa al servei dels ciutadans. El tindrem sempre en la nostra memòria. Descansa en pau company pic.twitter.com/Vt79hqTjzJ — Mossos (@mossos) March 27, 2020
Un dels nostres agents ha mort als 57 anys per la COVID-19. El nostre condol a la família, companys i amics. Tot i la nostra tristesa i dolor continuem treballant amb la mateixa fermesa al servei dels ciutadans. El tindrem sempre en la nostra memòria. Descansa en pau company pic.twitter.com/Vt79hqTjzJ
— Mossos (@mossos) March 27, 2020
Also revealed by the government this afternoon is the fact more than 9,400 health professionals are infected and three health workers have already died from the disease.
The number of deaths nationwide has reached 4,858 in Spain today, and there have been 769 deaths in just 24 hours, the largest increase since the crisis began. The number of people infected is 64,059.
Despite this data, there are some signs of stabilisation. Although the number of infections is 14 per cent more than yesterday, the increase on Thursday from Wednesday was 18 per cent, which reveals a slight downward trend.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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