Coronavirus: Spain records lowest death number in a week

Published: April 4, 2020, 1:18 p.m.

The death toll in Spain has risen by 809 in 24 hours, the first time in three days that the daily toll has been under 900. Spain has a total of 124,736 cases - more than Italy and the government is considering extending the lockdown for another two weeks. Also in the programme: How a Palestinian shoemaker started the West Bank’s only face-mask factory overnight; and Britain's opposition Labour Party has a new, more moderate leader - the former human rights lawyer, Sir Keir Starmer. (Photo: A general view of the almost empty Plaza Castilla in central Madrid, Spain. Credit:EPA).