A total of 59,109 people in Spain have now recovered after contracting coronavirus — an increase of more than 11,000 over the past three days — according to new data from the Spanish Health Ministry released Saturday.
![Healthcare staff in protective suits disinfect as they leave a section of the ICU of the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge on April 09, in L´Hospitalet del Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain.](https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/digital-images/org/9d289172-b86b-4563-92fa-53f5575a412b.jpg)
However, the number of deaths recorded in Spain has risen by 510 in the past 24 hours, an increase of 3.2%. The total number of deaths stands at 16,353.
Active cases increase: The number of active cases rose to 86,390 (a figure that excludes those who have died or recovered from the virus). That’s an increase of 1.5% — slightly higher than the rate of increase over the past four days.