
A Polish tourist in his late 50s died in a swimming pool belonging to a cortijo ear Camino de Corca in Cómpeta, (inland Axarquía).
During the course of last month no fewer than 43 people lost their lives through drowning around the country, which is 47% down on last year, however.
A total of seven people drowned in separate incidents this weekend past in Madrid (2), Mallorca (2), Córdoba, Gran Canaria and Barcelona.
Up to the 1st of August a total of 264 people had drowned in Spain; that’s 20% up on 2015, according to the Federación Española de Salvamento y Socorrismo.