<p>Spain on Tuesday confirmed nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, sending the total spiralling past 11,000, with 491 deaths, the Health Ministry said.</p>.<p>Spain is the fourth worst-hit country in the world after China, Italy and Iran, with numbers rising rapidly despite an unprecedented national lockdown, with the government ordering its 46 million population to stay home.</p>.<p>Over the past 24 hours, the number of people infected rose by 1,987, hiking the overall total to 11,178, the ministry's emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon said.</p>.<p>At the same time, the number of people who had recovered from the virus stood at 1,098, which equates to a 9.0 per cent recovery rate.</p>.<p>Madrid is by far the worst-hit area, with 43 per cent of the total.</p>
<p>Spain on Tuesday confirmed nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, sending the total spiralling past 11,000, with 491 deaths, the Health Ministry said.</p>.<p>Spain is the fourth worst-hit country in the world after China, Italy and Iran, with numbers rising rapidly despite an unprecedented national lockdown, with the government ordering its 46 million population to stay home.</p>.<p>Over the past 24 hours, the number of people infected rose by 1,987, hiking the overall total to 11,178, the ministry's emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon said.</p>.<p>At the same time, the number of people who had recovered from the virus stood at 1,098, which equates to a 9.0 per cent recovery rate.</p>.<p>Madrid is by far the worst-hit area, with 43 per cent of the total.</p>