Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 87 on Friday, against 70 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily ...
ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 87 on Friday , against 70 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases fell to 516 from 593 on Thursday.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb 21 now stands at 33,229 the agency said, the third highest in the world after those of the United States and Britain.However, the Marche region said on Friday it had reduced its overall death tally by 11, saying these fatalities had not been caused by the coronavirus.
The number of confirmed cases amounts to 232,248, the sixth highest global tally behind those of the United States, Russia, Spain, Britain and Brazil.There were 475 people in intensive care on Friday, down from 489 on Thursday, maintaining a long-running decline. Of those originally infected, 152,844 were declared recovered against 150,604 a day earlier.The agency said 2.369 million people had been tested for the virus against 2.330 million on Thursday, out of a population of around 60 million.
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