Italy: About 500 additional infections in 24 hours

The Italian health authorities announced the registration of 500 additional cases of the new Corona virus within 24 hours. Five people died Sunday from the virus, which raises the number of deaths to 34, knowing that about 1700 cases have been diagnosed since the epidemic began.


Italy has recorded about 500 additional cases of the emerging coronavirus within 24 hours, the health authorities announced Sunday.

Since the epidemic began, about 1,700 people have been diagnosed in the country. The number of people infected with the virus was 1128 Saturday, while it was 888 Friday. According to Italian statistics, 83 people have fully recovered since the start of the Covid 19 epidemic.

On Sunday, Italy witnessed the death of five people due to the virus, taking the total number of deaths to 34 in three northern regions, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto.

Of the 779 patients who were still hospitalized Sunday, 140 were in intensive care, civil protection official Angelo Borrelli said Sunday.

Italy has so far conducted 21,127 tests, far more than those of its European neighbors, a measure taken by the Italian authorities aimed at finding out more about the virus entering the country.

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