Italy's daily coronavirus death toll falls, but new cases accelerate
Italy's daily death toll from the novel coronavirus epidemic fell to 542 on Wednesday, while the total number of infections crept up to nearly 140,000. It was only the second time in nearly three weeks that the daily fatalities count fell under 600. On Tuesday it stood at 604, and it peaked at 969 on March 27.
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- Published Date: 07:30 | 08 April 2020
- Modified Date: 07:43 | 08 April 2020
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 542 on Wednesday, a lower tally than the 604 the day before, but the number of new cases pushed higher to 3,836 compared with a previous 3,039.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 rose to 17,669, the Civil Protection Agency said, the highest in the world.
The number of confirmed cases climbed to 139,422, the third highest global tally behind that of the United States and Spain.
There were 3,693 people in intensive care on Wednesday against 3,792 on Tuesday -- a fifth consecutive daily decline, underscoring growing hopes that the illness is on the retreat thanks to a nationwide lockdown introduced on March 9.
Of those originally infected, 26,491 were declared recovered against 24,392 a day earlier.
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