Prognosis
Europe Faces Longer Lockdown With Over Half of Global Deaths
- Spain reports first decline in deaths in days, cases dip too
- Germany worries about hospital space, Merkel exits quarantine
This article is for subscribers only.
The number of coronavirus deaths in Italy, Spain, France and Germany surpassed 31,000, with all four countries on almost complete lockdown as leaders struggle to bring the outbreak under control.
Deaths mounted across the four European nations, which between them have almost 60% of total fatalities and more than a third of the global tally of 1 million confirmed cases. The grim figures give governments little leeway to ease restrictions in a human and economic crisis that is straining continental unity.