Britain has the highest death toll in Europe with nearly 85,000 deaths and at least 3.2 million infections reported to date.
The United Kingdom reported a daily record of 1,564 coronavirus fatalities on Wednesday, the first time the death toll passed the 1,500-mark since March last year.
Meanwhile, Spain’s Galicia, La Rioja and Cantabria regions became the latest areas to impose more stringent COVID-19 restrictions amid a rapid increase in infections.
Worldwide, more than 91 million coronavirus cases have been reported with more than 1.9 million deaths.