Coronavirus: European Countries Record Lowest Daily Death Tolls Since March

On Sunday, Italy, Spain, France and the UK recorded lowest death tolls from the coronavirus infection since March.

Italy yesterday registered 260 coronavirus-related deaths, the lowest daily increase since March 14.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the restrictions would be eased from May 4, with people being allowed to visit their relatives. Parks and factories will reopen, but schools will remain closed until September.

In Spain, the daily death toll dropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest figure since March 20.

Director of the Spanish Health Alert and Emergency Coordination Centre, Fernando Simon, said: "For the first time in a long time, we are below 300. Although it may be hard to give these statistics, it's a figure which indicates a clear, positive direction in the evolution of the epidemic."

Kids under the age of 14 were yesterday allowed to leave their homes for the first time in weeks. 

France on Sunday recorded a big fall in its death toll with 242 deaths, the lowest figure since early March, and a drop of more than a third from the previous day.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is due to present the government’s plan to relax the lockdown measures on April 28. 

UK recorded a further 413 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, marking the lowest one-day total since March 31. On Saturday, the official figure was 813.

The Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, said at a press briefing that the death toll was dropping "absolutely because we as a British public have paid attention to the social distancing guidance".

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to Downing Street on Sunday evening, for the first time since he was admitted to hospital with the coronavirus infection on April 5.

Coronavirus has infected more than 3 million persons globally, with at least 207,813 deaths.

By Elene Dzebisashvili