More than 250,000 have died from the new coronavirus across Europe, according to an AFP tally.
A total of 250,030 deaths have now been recorded there out of 7,366,028 registered cases. Two-thirds of the deaths are in Britain, which has 43,646 and 722,409 infections.
After Britain, the worst-hit European countries are Italy, with 36,543 deaths; Spain with 33,775; France with 33,392, and Russia with 24,187.