Healthcare workers attending a patient at the temporary hospital for COVID-19 disease patients located at the Ifema convention and exhibition centre in Madrid, on March 31, 2020. (Handout photo via AFP)

Spain became the third country in the world which confirmed over 100,000 COVID-19 cases after the national health ministry on Wednesday reported an increase of 7,719 in the past 24 hours.

The total number of coronavirus infections has jumped to 102,136. The country was also hit by a new record of 864 coronavirus deaths reported overnight, bringing the death toll to 9,053, said the ministry’s daily update.

(Compiled by Chen Lidan)