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NewsColony ‘Not gone away’: Spain’s PM urges caution as lockdown eases © [Nacho Doce/Reuters] Spain’s cumulative death total on Saturday reached 26,478 while the number of diagnosed cases rose to 223,578 [Nacho Doce/Reuters] Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned the coronavirus pandemic remains a threat lying in wait as the country moves towards easing its strict lockdown. “We’ve managed to retake 99 percent of the ground lost to the virus,” said Sanchez in a televised address on Saturday.  “I ask you to show the greatest precaution and prudence [because] the virus has not gone away, it is still there.” More: The southern European nation’s death toll from the coronavirus fell to 179 on Saturday, down from 229 the previous day and a fraction of the highs above 900 daily seen in early April, the health ministry said. The cumulative death total rose to 26,478 while the number of diagnosed cases rose to 223,578 from 222,857 the day before.    Some 51 perc...