Euro zone finance ministers are scheduled to meet next Tuesday in what could be a turning point in the European Union’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahead of this key meeting, the public health situation on the continent continues to deteriorate:

The biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in the euro zone are in Italy (101,739 cases), Spain (94,417), Germany (67,051), France (45,183), Belgium (12,775), and the Netherlands (12,662). Nearly all are trapped in a cycle of grim, near daily milestones in new deaths. Spain recorded 838 deaths on Monday; Italy 812; and France 418.