The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 100,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. In Italy, however, there are now 919 new deaths from coronavirus, the highest number of fatalities any country has reported in the space of 24 hours since the outbreak.

The total number of people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Italy now stands at 9,134. Further dashing hopes that Europe is containing the pandemic, Spain recorded 769 new deaths in a daily, bringing the total number to 4,858.

Spanish Princess Maria Teresa de Borbon-Parma becomes first royal to die from COVID-19

On Thursday, March 26, the cousin of Spain’s King Felipe IV, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, passed on after suffering from the COVID-19.

She is the first royal to die of the virus during this pandemic and mass was held in her honor the next day in Madrid.

Princess Maria Teresa was born in Paris, France on July 28, 1933, to parents, Prince Xavier and Madeleine de Bourbon, who had a total of six children. Maria Teresa, who grew up in France, was known for advocating for women’s rights and socialist ideas.