Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2020, shows an empty city center in Manchester, Britain. (Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua)
-- UK records another 19,790 coronavirus cases, with 151 deaths
-- Hungary's daily COVID-19 infections hit new high at 3,149
-- Bulgarian PM tests positive for COVID-19
-- Croatia sees record daily COVID-19 cases for 5 consecutive days
-- COVID-19 caseload in Lithuania tops 10,000
BRUSSELS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.
LONDON -- Another 19,790 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 873,800, according to official figures released Sunday.
The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 151 to 44,896, the data showed.
The latest figures came as doctors in Britain raised grave concerns about the pandemic situation in the autumn and winter period.
People wearing face masks are seen at a railway station in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 14, 2020. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
BUDAPEST -- Hungary registered 3,149 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a new daily record since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country, according to the government's coronavirus information website.
Figures from the website showed that the total number of confirmed cases since the COVID-19 outbreak in Hungary stood at 59,247, with 16,242 recoveries and 1,425 fatalities. Currently, 2,449 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospital, including 221 on ventilators.
People wait for a tram in front of a poster reminding people of wearing masks in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 23, 2020. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
SOFIA -- Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on his Facebook page on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently being treated at home.
"After two PCR tests today, I am positive with COVID-19," Borissov wrote on his Facebook, adding "at the discretion of the doctors, I remain on home treatment."
People walk on the Jelacic Square in Zagreb, Croatia, Oct. 22, 2020. (Photo by Marko Lukunic/Xinhua)
ZAGREB -- Croatia has reported record-breaking new COVID-19 cases in five consecutive days as of Sunday, with 2,421 cases reported in the past 24 hours.
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Croatia's National Civil Protection Headquarters announced on Sunday new measures that will take effect midnight Monday.
The measures include mandatory physical distancing, a ban on all public events with more than 50 people, the new limit of the number of people attending weddings and funerals and the provision that public events and gatherings can last up to 10 p.m. while weddings until midnight.
Students attend the opening ceremony with bouquets of flowers in hand, marking the start of a new school year, at Vilnius Fabijoniskiu Gymnasium in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua)
VILNIUS -- Lithuanian Health Ministry announced on Sunday afternoon that the total COVID-19 cases in the country have hit 10,184, an increase of 603 compared with the figure reported on Saturday.
The ministry's data showed that 4,073 people have recovered from the coronavirus-caused disease, which has claimed 134 lives.■
