People sit on steps of the National Gallery in London, Britain, on May 17, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

-- UK COVID-19 deaths hit 37,837 as another 377 patients die;

-- Italy records over 150,000 COVID-19 recoveries, death toll at 33,142;

-- Madrid's famed museums to reopen in early June;

-- Netherlands bans transport of minks due to COVID-19 threat.

BRUSSELS, May 28  -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.

LONDON -- Another 377 COVID-19 patients had died in Britain as of Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 37,837, the Department of Health and Social Care said Thursday.

The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community.

As of Thursday morning, 269,127 people had tested positive in Britain, a daily increase of 1,887, according to the department.