Latest COVID-19 developments in some European countries

UK registered 315 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the novel coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 28,446. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil the government's plans in the coming days after claiming that the country had passed the peak of the outbreak.

France will exempt travelers from countries in Europe's Schengen open-border area and Britain from a 14-day quarantine on arrival. France has been the fifth-hardest-hit country with 24,895 deaths from COVID-19 and over 168,000 confirmed cases so far.                                                                                                                    

Italy recorded 174 fatalities, the lowest number since March 10. The Mediterranean country's death toll on the eve of its first easing of lockdown measures on Monday stands at 28,884, second only to the U.S. Its daily number of new cases declined sharply to 1,389, also the lowest since the first week of March. A total of 210,717 people have tested positive for the virus in the country.