Latest COVID-19 development in some European countries

UK's COVID-19 death toll in hospitals rose by 616 to 18,738 in the 24 hours up to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, and 138,078 people have tested positive in the country as of 9 a.m. on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron told mayors that a plan to unwind the country's COVID-19 lockdown will be unveiled around next Tuesday.

France has 21,340 COVID-19 related deaths, and 29,741 people tested positive for the coronavirus and were hospitalized.

Greece said it is extending coronavirus lockdown measures by a week to May 4.

The number of coronavirus infections in Romania rose by 386 on the day to 10,096. Its health ministry said 2,478 people have recovered so far and 527 have died.

Russia recorded 4,774 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, a fall in the number of daily new cases for the third day running, bringing its total tally to 62,773. The latest death toll is 555.

Ukraine on Thursday reported a total of 7,170 confirmed cases, with 187 deaths.

The Netherlands announced on Thursday that its number of infections rose by 887 to 35,729, with 4,177 deaths.

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Portugal are 22,353, with 820 deaths.