Europe’s Slowing Virus Deaths Bolster Leaders on Lockdowns

  • Italy, Spain, France and U.K. report decline in daily deaths
  • U.K. prime minister hospitalized after 10 days of symptoms

A priest, wearing a protective face mask, walks among coffins in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, Italy, on April 3.

Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg
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Europe’s four worst-hit countries reported declines in the pace of coronavirus deaths, and an Italian health official said his country’s outbreak may be cresting.