Prognosis
Spain’s Virus Deaths Pass 50,000 Amid Holiday Restrictions
- Fatality rate has declined in recent days, official says
- Government has refrained from reimposing strict lockdown
A passenger at Madrid Barajas airport in Madrid on Dec. 24.
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Spain became the fourth European country to record more than 50,000 coronavirus deaths as nations across the region start to roll out a vaccine.