Spain became on Wednesday October 21 the first member of the European Union - and the 6th in the world - to cross the milestone of one million cases of coronavirus, with 1,005,295 cases, according to the daily report of the Ministry of health.
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The country has recorded 16,973 cases and 156 deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,366 deaths from the coronavirus, as restrictions multiply to contain the second wave of the epidemic.