The Latest: Spain surpasses 60,000 confirmed virus deaths

MADRID — Spain’s health ministry says the nation has surpassed 60,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, the fourth highest toll in Europe.The ministry reported 565 new deaths in the previous 24 hours, taking the total death count to 60,370 since the start of the pandemic. Those official figures don’t include what many experts consider a significant number of deaths that were never confirmed by tests for the coronavirus.
Despite more than 31,000 new infections, Health Minster Caroli