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For the second time in close to three months, there has been no coronavirus death recorded in Spain in 24 hours. On Monday, Spain's health officials also reported no death from the virus. So far, Spain has recorded a total of 27,127 deaths from the virus, and a total of 240,000 cases. In a news conference, Emergency health response chief Fernando Simon described the new milestone as being "very, very encouraging". Only 71 new coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday. "We are in a very good place in the evolution of the pandemic," he said."The statistics are following a trend. They are going the right direction."

On Wednesday, May 27, Italy reported an increase in its daily coronavirus cases. 584 new cases were recorded, up from 397 on Tuesday and 300 on Monday. The total number of deaths surpassed 33,000 (33,072 fatalities reported since the start of the pandemic in late February). Daily deaths rose to 117 from 78 on Tuesday.  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy now totals 231,139. Italy has the sixth-highest global tally of coronavirus cases behind the United States, Brazil, Russia, Spain and Britain. 147,101 people have been declared recovered from the virus in Italy.

As of Sunday, May 10, in the afternoon, the US' death toll from the coronavirus had climbed to 80,033, with the total number of infections in the country exceeding 1.3 million (1,323,051). The states with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the US are: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Michigan, Connecticut and California. A number of health officials in the US (some members of the White House coronavirus task force) are going into self-quarantine after "low-risk" exposure to a White House aide who tested positive for the virus. These are: Dr. Anthony Fauci - director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, and Stephen Hahn, the head of the Food and Drug Administration. In Europe, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announced that Britain would start relaxing its lockdown measures. Britain has been on lockdown for 7 weeks now. In Austral...

On Friday, May 8, Italy reported 243 new coronavirus fatalities, a decrease from Thursday's daily toll of 274 deaths. This takes the total number of fatalities to 30,201. Italy is the second European country to pass the 30,000 deaths mark. Britain reached 30,000 deaths on Wednesday. Spain is the third worst-affected country in Europe after the UK and Italy.  There was a decline in the daily number of new cases. 1,327 new cases were recorded on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 217,185. Italy has begun relaxing lockdown measures nationwide. Catholic churches resume Masses on May 18, while respecting strict social distancing rules and the wearing of face masks. Italians are allowed to visit relatives, but not friends, and can now exercise outdoors. Bars and restaurants are authorized to allow customers to sit at tables in June. Schools, cinemas, and most shops will stay shut though. Public gatherings are still disallowed.

According to the latest figures published by UK health officials, the UK now has the highest number of deaths from the virus in Europe. So far, there has been 29,427 deaths in the UK, while Italy counts 29,315. This includes 693 new deaths on Monday. Italy now has the second-highest death toll from the virus. Worldwide, the UK is only second to the US in terms of total deaths. It is worth noting that the US' population is nearly five times greater than the UK'S. UK Foreign secretary Dominic Raab, on Tuesday at the daily UK government press briefing said: "It's now clear that the second phase will be different. We will need to adjust to a new normal. "We want to make sure that the next phase is more comfortable, is more sustainable," he added. "But we need to be under no illusions, the next stage won't be easy."

On Saturday, May 3, Italy reported 474 new coronavirus deaths - the biggest increase recorded since April 21 and a leap of more than 200 in the daily death toll. The daily death toll dropped to 269 on Friday before the sharp increase on Saturday. The total number of deaths from the virus in the country now exceeds 28,000 (28,710). Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported 1,900 new cases on Saturday, a slight decrease from Friday's 1,965. The total number of cases recorded now total 209,328. Many of the lockdown measures are being eased, with construction and manufacturing activities set to resume next week, and retailers and museums to reopen on May 18. Bars and restaurants will be reopening in June.

On Wednesday, April 22, Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported 437 new deaths from the coronavirus, a drop from Tuesday's 534. There was an increase in the daily tally of new cases; an increase to 3,370 from 2,729 on Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases in Italy now stands at 187,327, the third highest global total after the United States and Spain. The number of active cases fell to 107,699 from 107,709 on Tuesday, a third consecutive daily decline. A grim milestone was crossed in Italy today. The death toll crossed 25,000 deaths, the tally now stands at 25,085 - the second-highest in the world after that of the United States.

On Tuesday, April 21, Spain saw a slight increase in its daily coronavirus death toll. The government reported 430 deaths in 24 hours, an increase from Monday's 399 deaths. This is still quite an improvement from April 2nd's peak of 950 deaths. Monday's death toll was the lowest figure in a month. Spain has the third-highest coronavirus fatality rate after the United States and Italy. The number of confirmed cases in the country has grown to 204,178, the second-highest number of cases in the world, after the US which has more than 790,000 cases. 31,788 of the confirmed cases are medical staff. Recoveries are also growing, with 82,518 recoveries as of Tuesday. A lockdown was enforced in Spain on March 14 and will be extended until May 9th. However, the lockdown conditions will be eased on April 27, allowing kids to spend some time outdoors.

On Monday, April 20, Spain registered 4,266 new coronavirus cases, increasing its total number of coronavirus cases from 195,944 to 200,210 - the nation has passed another grim coronavirus milestone. Spain is the second country to have more than 200,000 coronavirus cases, after the US which has 750,000+.  399 coronavirus deaths were registered in Spain today, bringing the death tally from 20,453 to 20,852. Today is the first time since March 22 that Spain's daily coronavirus death toll has fallen below 400. Spain had its peak in deaths on April3 when 932 deaths were reported.

On Friday, April 17, Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported a slight increase in the daily coronavirus death toll - 50 more than Thursday's 525. Friday's coronavirus daily death toll climbed to 575. The overall coronavirus death toll has grown to 22,745 - the second highest in the world after the US. There was a small decline in the number of new cases - 293 less than Thursday's. There were thus 3,493 new cases on Friday.  The total number of confirmed cases in Italy has grown to 172,434, the third highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the US and Spain. For the fourteenth consecutive day, the number of patients in intensive care declined. There were 124 less coronavirus patients in intensive care on Friday - a decline from 2,936 to 2,812.

On Friday, April 17, Spain registered its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than a week - 5,252 cases (a 2.8% increase). This takes the total number of confirmed cases to 188,068. 74,797 of the confirmed cases have recovered. There were 585 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of confirmed fatalities in the country to 19,478. Spain's Health Minister revealed that 930,230 coronavirus tests have been carried out in the country since the beginning of the crisis. Health Minister Salvador Illa at a press conference on Friday said: "It is Friday of the fifth week of drastic measures. The average increase in infections from Friday to Friday was 25.1% in the first week, 18.2% in the second, 9.1% in the third, 4.2% in the fourth and this week 2.6% despite the increase in the number of tests. [...] This leads us to conclude that the measures adopted by the government are working."

On April 16, Italy’s Civil Protection Agency reported a decrease in daily coronavirus deaths – 525 deaths, down from Wednesday’s 578. This was the lowest daily death toll in a week. The total death tally from the virus now stands at 22,170. There was a sharp increase in new cases – an acceleration from Wednesday’s 2,667 to 3,786. This takes the total number of confirmed cases to 168,941. Italy has the third-highest number of confirmed cases, behind the US and Spain. As of Thursday, 40,164 people had recovered, an increase from Wednesday’s 38,092 recoveries. There has been a continuous decline in the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units – 2,936 people, down from Wednesday’s 3,079.

On Thursday, April 16, Spain reported the highest number of daily new coronavirus cases in seven days. 5,183 new infections were recorded in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 182,816. This is an increase from Wednesday's 5,092 new cases. 551 more coronavirus deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 19,130. Spain has the second-highest number of cases behind the US, and the second-highest death toll in Europe behind Italy. Recoveries are also increasing as 3,944 people were declared coronavirus-free today, an increase from Wednesday's 3,349. A total of 74,797 people have recovered so far. In an interview with Cadena Ser radio today, Social Security Minister Jose Luis Escriva said easing of lockdown restrictions will happen " in phases, by sectors and maybe even geographies".

On Monday, April 13, 2020, Italy reported a decline in the number of new coronavirus cases reported – 3,153 new cases, down from Sunday’s 4,092 new cases. The total number of coronavirus cases in Italy has shot up to 159,516. 1.05 million people have been tested this far. Italy’s Civil Protection Agency reported 566 deaths from the virus, an increase from Monday’s 431. The total number of fatalities in Italy now stands at 20,465. So far, 35,435 people have recovered. There has been a decline in the number of patients in intensive care for the 10 th consecutive day. Giovanni Rezza, the head of the infectious diseases department at Rome’s national health institute, told a news conference :  “We’re still in Phase 1, for sure .  We see positive signals, but the number of deaths is still high, as it reflects previous cases of contagion.”

On Saturday, April 11, Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported 619 coronavirus deaths - up from Friday's 570. From February 21 when Italy recorded its first death from the virus, 19,468 people have died from the virus in Italy. There were 4,694 new cases recorded on Saturday, which takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 152,271. Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, on Friday night, announced the creation of a task force dedicated to tackling the effects of the pandemic. The said task force will be headed by Vittorio Colao - Vodafone's former CEO. PM Conte also announced an extension of the lockdown - which has been in place since March 9 - to May 3.

On Saturday, April 11, Spain's Health Ministry reported 510 fatalities from the coronavirus crisis - a drop in the daily death toll for a third consecutive day. 4,830 new cases were reported. The total number of cases now stand at 161,852. Spain has the third-highest number of fatalities from the virus after the United States and Italy. Given the slowdown in the rate of new infections and coronavirus deaths, the government will start unwinding lockdown measures in a gradual process. From Monday, workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors will be allowed to return to work, so thousands will be back at work.  At a joint press conference with Health Minister Salvador Illa, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said: "We are still in the confinement phase... We haven’t begun any relaxation (of the restrictions)." The guidelines issued by the prime minister's office require that companies returning to work provide appropriate protective equipment...

On Thursday, April 9, Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported 4,204 new cases, an increase from Wednesday's 3,836. Total confirmed cases in Italy sum up to 143,626 - the third highest tally behind the United States and Spain. The daily death toll also increased from 542 on Wednesday to 610 on Thursday. The total number of coronavirus fatalities in Italy now stands at 18,279. Reports show that 100 Italian doctors have died from Covid-19 after contracting the virus.

On Thursday, April 9, Spain's Health Ministry reported 683 new deaths, an increase smaller than Wednesday's 757. The total number of deaths in Spain has now risen to 15,238. There were 5,756 new coronavirus cases recorded, pushing the total number of cases above 150,000 (152,446). The number of new infections has been on the rise for three consecutive days. There were 5,478 new infections yesterday. 52,165 people have recovered from Covid-19 in Spain. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended his proposed extension of the lockdown in the country to at least April 26, at congress. He also called for solidarity in the EU as he said: "The EU is in danger if there is no solidarity. The EU is in danger if there is no solidarity. This scenario requires strength. Cuts and austerity are not the way forward."

On Wednesday, April 8, the daily death toll from the coronavirus in Italy dropped, as the increase in deaths was 542, lower than Tuesday's 604. The total death tally from the virus in the country now stands at 17,669 - the highest in the world. There was an increase in the rate of new infections, 3,836, higher than Tuesday's 3,039. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 139,422. Italy has the third-highest number of cases, with the United States and Spain topping in first and second position respectively. So far, 26,491 people have recovered from Covid-19 - the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus - in Italy.

On Wednesday, April 8, the UK's coronavirus death toll crossed the 7,000 mark, as 936 more deaths were recorded. England's National Health Service has confirmed 828 more people have died in its hospitals, aged between 22 and 103 years old. 46 of the 828 dead had no underlying health conditions. Scotland has confirmed 306 more cases and 77 more deaths, and Public Health Wales has confirmed 284 more cases and 33 more deaths. Northern Ireland confirmed 5 deaths. The sum of deaths from all four UK territories amounts to 936 deaths in 24 hours. This is the highest daily death toll from the virus recorded in the UK. The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is coronavirus positive was admitted in hospital on Sunday as his condition worsened. He was moved to intensive care on Monday night as he got worse. Today, his spokesman said he is "responding to treatment" and is in a stable condition. "The PM is not working, he’s in intensive care, he has the ability to c...