Medics break into round of applause as four-month-old baby with coronavirus is finally taken off ventilator

A team of medical workers in southern Spain applauded as a four-month-old baby suffering from coronavirus was finally taken off his ventilator, in a touching moment.

The infant was taken to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella, on March 17, but was then rushed to the Malaga's Maternal and Infant Hospital in a critical condition.

Following nearly three weeks spent on the paediatric intensive care unit, he has made a miraculous recovery, with medics removing his ventilator at the weekend.

Nervous staff who had cared for him for nearly a month were filmed cheering and clapping as they watched the heartwarming scene from a window, as the small boy had his breathing tubes taken out.

The video was shared on Twitter, alongside a post which said: "It’s not all bad news – we have some joy to share.

"On this occasion, it was extubating a very special patient – a four-month-old baby who was admitted to the Materno Infantil Hospital, in Malaga, with coronavirus," explains head of the paediatric ICU, José Camacho.

In a recorded statement, Mr Camacho said the infant’s condition had progressed in a "satisfactory manner" and staff were able to remove his ventilator.

He added that, fortunately, such a severe case of Covid-19 in an infant is "exceptional" but the boy is now "very stable".

The doctor said positive cases such as this "fills [medics] with strength to continue fighting this disease."

The heartwarming moment comes as the coronavirus death toll in Spain slows for the fourth consecutive day, with 637 patients dying overnight, bringing the overall number to 13,055.

Likewise the number of newly confirmed cases is the lowest for two weeks at 4,273, reaching a total of 135,032.

The country's lockdown was extended at the weekend by an extra 15 days until April 26, to try and help the health system recover.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claimed "we are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel", and said Spain is now "close to passing the peak of infections."