Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases decline slightly
Italy has reported 570 new deaths from the novel coronavirus pandemic, down from the previous day's 610, bringing the total number of fatalities to 18,849. The country has the world's highest death toll from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but has recently seen a slowdown in the spread of the virus.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 07:12 | 10 April 2020
- Modified Date: 07:14 | 10 April 2020
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 570 on Friday, down from 610 the day before, and the number of new cases also slowed modestly to 3,951 from a previous 4,204.
The latest tallies broadly confirm what experts describe as a plateau of new cases and deaths, which are no longer accelerating but are still not falling steeply.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 rose to 18,849, the Civil Protection Agency said, the highest in the world.
The number of officially confirmed cases climbed to 147,577, the third highest global tally behind those of the United States and Spain.
There were 3,497 people in intensive care on Friday against 3,605 on Thursday -- a seventh consecutive daily decline.
Of those originally infected, 30,455 were declared recovered against 28,470 a day earlier.
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