Spain registered 655 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours - down from over 700 on Wednesday, the health ministry reported on Thursday as the total death toll from the epidemic in the country rose to over 4,000.

A homeless man asks for alms at Las Ramblas, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce