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A biologist from Eylau Unilabs Analysis Laboratories is pictured at a COVID-19 drive-through testing station near Champs de Mars in Paris, France, April 7, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)
-- Italy reports 135,586 coronavirus cases, daily recoveries higher than new infections;
-- France becomes fourth country globally to have over 10,000 deaths;
-- New cases, deaths in Spain rise after four-day consecutive fall;
-- UK reports over 6,100 deaths, 55,242 cases; PM in "good spirits" with "very best care" in hospital;
-- Over 80 pct of global workforce affected by COVID-19 pandemic: ILO report.
BRUSSELS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.
People wearing face masks do shopping at a market in Rome, Italy, April 6, 2020.(Photo by Augusto Casasoli/Xinhua)
ROME -- Italy on Tuesday registered a total of 135,586 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 17,127 fatalities overall, according to fresh figures from the Civil Protection Department.
Some 880 new active infections were reported over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 94,067 nationwide. The number of recoveries kept increasing, with 1,555 more people cured on a daily basis, totaling 24,392.
The daily number of recoveries was "the second highest in absolute terms since we have started registering the epidemic," Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli told a press conference.
Also the recoveries registered in the last 24 hours were higher than the new active infections.
"A decrease in the trend of new infections is being confirmed," said Borrelli.
Medical staff members work at a temporary hospital in Barcelona, Spain, April 6, 2020. A four-star hotel in Barcelona has been turned into a temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients, authorities confirmed on Monday. (Photo by Francisco Avia/Xinhua)
MADRID -- Rises were seen in both Spain's new COVID-19 cases and deaths over the past 24 hours, according to the daily data published by the Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services on Tuesday.
The new cases of infection increased by 5,478 between Monday and Tuesday to 140,510 in total, more than the 4,273 new cases in the previous 24 hours. Tuesday's percentage rise of 4.05 percent is also higher than Monday's increase of 3.2 percent, although below the 4.82 percent on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the deaths from the virus rose by 743 to 13,798. The new daily death number is higher than 637 deaths reported on Monday and 674 deaths on Sunday.
Cashiers and customers wearing face masks are seen at a supermarket in Jena, Germany, April 6, 2020.(Photo by Kevin Voigt/Xinhua)
BERLIN -- Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased by 3,834 within one day to 99,225, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Tuesday.
"The number of newly reported cases is somewhat lower, but it cannot yet be assumed that the situation will ease," said RKI President Lothar Wieler, adding "Fluctuations are always possible."
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus in Germany increased by 173 to 1,607 on Tuesday, according to RKI, the federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention.
A man wearing a mask rides a bicycle in Paris, France, on April 6, 2020.(Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)
PARIS -- France has registered 10,328 COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic, becoming the fourth country globally to report over 10,000 deaths after Italy, Spain and the United States, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon announced on Tuesday.
Currently 30,000 infected people are hospitalized in the country, including 7,131 patients in intensive care, said Salomon at a daily briefing on the outbreak.
A police van drives past St. Thomas' Hospital, where British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in care after being admitted with coronavirus symptoms, in London, Britain, April 7, 2020.(Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
LONDON -- The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for COVID-19 reached 6,159 as of Monday afternoon, a daily increase of 786, the Department of Health and Social Care said Tuesday.
As of Tuesday morning, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain hit 55,242, up 3,634 in the past 24 hours, said the department.
Chairing Tuesday's Downing Street daily press briefing, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, also First Secretary of State, told reporters that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked him to deputize for him for "as long as is necessary".
Earlier in the day, a Downing Street spokesman said Johnson, who was moved into intensive care on Monday night, is "stable" in hospital and has not been diagnosed with pneumonia.
Parking lot on the beach is closed in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, April 5, 2020.(Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)
THE HAGUE -- The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus reached 2,101 in the Netherlands on Tuesday after a daily high of 234 deaths was reported, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced on Tuesday.
The daily death number of 234 came after the previous highest 175 was registered on Tuesday.
A woman walks past a closed bar in Brussels, Belgium, April 6, 2020.(Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
GENEVA -- More than four out of five people, or 81 percent in the global workforce of 3.3 billion are currently affected by full or partial workplace closures due to COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report of the International Labour Organization (ILO) published here on Tuesday.
The ILO's updated report on COVID-19 and the world of work described the pandemic as "the worst global crisis since World War II," expecting the crisis to wipe out 6.7 percent of working hours globally in the second quarter of 2020 -- equivalent to 195 million full-time workers.
