Record Spain on new occasions, Health Minister resigns for campaigning

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Ila will resign next week to campaign in regional elections in Catalonia.

National authorities, meanwhile, have reported a record 44.357 new cases with Coddy-19.

Illa had earlier announced his resignation the moment the election campaign was launched, to be held on February 14th, but that decision is made at a moment that the country is in critical condition due to pandemic, the ATS reported.

Despite very high figures, authorities have expressed optimism that the situation has begun to stabilise. They said pressure for hospitals would continue to be present.

The numbers of the last few days have taken the number of infected people to Spain to 2,456,675 people, while 55,041 infected people have lost their lives since the start of the pandemic.