Madrid, Aug 29 (UNI) The number of novel Coronavirus cases in Spain rose by 9,779 in the past 24 hours to 439,286, according to the latest figures published on Friday by the Spanish Ministry of Health.
According to the statistics, Spain has registered 43,747 cases in the past seven days, which is the worst weekly figure since the end of March, news agency Xinhua reported.
Madrid was the worst affected region of Spain with 13,391 new cases in the last week, twice as many as Catalonia's 6,103, which was the second worst.
The ministry also reported 129 deaths in the past week, taking the death toll to 29,011.
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