With over 17,000 fatalities, Italy still has, by far, the world's highest COVID-19 death toll.

By Tuesday, the country has registered a total of 17,127 deaths, out of 135,586 cases, according to figures from the Civil Protection Department.

On a daily basis, the death toll grew by 604 over the last 24 hours, compared to 636 on Monday, and 525 on Sunday.

Nevertheless, there are also some encouraging signs. The number of recoveries in Italy kept increasing, with 1,555 more people cured on a daily basis, totaling 24,392. And the recoveries registered in the last 24 hours were higher than the new active infections.

In neighboring Spain, there were daily increases, however, in both new cases and deaths over the past 24 hours. The new cases increased by 5,478 to 140,510 in total, while the deaths rose by 743 to 13,798.

The new daily death number is higher than 637 deaths reported on Monday and 674 deaths on Sunday. The increase ends a four-day consecutive decline in the new daily deaths in Spain, although Tuesday's increase was attributed to delays in collating the data over the weekend, according to health authorities.

ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE

Britain on Tuesday announced the highest daily COVID-19 death toll. With 726 deaths, the death toll of those hospitalized in the country reached 6,159 as of Monday afternoon, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.

As of Tuesday morning, the number of confirmed cases in Britain hit 55,242, up 3,634 in the past 24 hours, said the department.

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