Spain has recorded the world's highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a day with 950 fatalities.

Sky News reported that there have been a total of 110,238 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country and a total of 10,003 deaths - 950 of which were newly recorded as of this morning.

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Spain remains one of the worst-affected countries in the world and second only to Italy in Europe, which has total of 13,155 deaths at the time of writing per The John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.

Spain has been on lockdown since March 14, and the Metro reports that Spanish authorities believe that the virus, which originated in China late last year, is about to hit its peak in the country.

Intensive care units have been reported to be at their capacity in a third of Spanish regions, per the Metro, and the hardest-hit area is the country's capital Madrid.

The situation is so bad that the country has been forced to turn one of its ice rinks into a temporary morgue, the Madrid regional president's office told CNN on Tuesday.

According to the regional government, the ice rink morgue is a "temporary and extraordinary measure" designed to "lessen the pain of the families of the victims and the situation that's being recorded in Madrid's hospitals."

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Pictured above is a drive-thru coronavirus testing facility in Spain.

The John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reports that there have been a total of 941,949 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 47,522 deaths at the time of writing.

Today's news comes after Spain reported an 849 increase in its death toll yesterday.

Spain records world's highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a day with 950