![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # Number of corona deaths in Spain has not been revised down to 2,000 June 4, 2020, 4:29 p.m. (CEST) Posts are currently being shared on Facebook claiming that... The number of Corona deaths in Spain has been corrected from over 26,000 to 2,000 been. An article from the Reuters news agency is cited as the source. ( RATING: This is wrong. The number of corona deaths in Spain was recorded on January 25th. May 2020 reduced by almost 2,000 to 26,834. The day before they had Spanish authorities reported 28,752 Corona deaths. FACTS: The Reuters article was incorrectly translated. The number of corona Deaths were not corrected to 2,000, but by almost 2,000 deaths. How According to the Reuters article, there were 26,834 in Spain as of May 25 Corona deaths. ( The Spanish Ministry of Health has The number of corona deaths was reduced by almost 2,000, according to the article further. Reviews of the data have shown that, among other things, some Deaths had previously been counted twice. As of June 3, there were 27,128, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health Corona deaths. ( \--- Left: Facebook posting: (archived: Article from Reuters: spain-tally/spain-revises-coronavirus-death-toll-down-by- nearly-2000-idUSKBN2311LD (archived: Information from the Spanish Ministry of Health on Covid-19 as of May 24th: China/documentos/Actualizacion_115_COVID-19.pdf (archived: Information from the Spanish Ministry of Health on Covid-19 as of May 25th: China/documentos/Actualizacion_116_COVID-19.pdf (archived: Information from the Spanish Ministry of Health on Covid-19 as of June 3rd: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: factcheck-oesterreich@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
Posts are currently being shared on Facebook claiming that the number of Corona deaths in Spain has been corrected from over 26000 to 2000 An article from the Reuters news agency is cited as the source