Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 575 on Friday, up from 525 the day before, while the number of new cases declined slightly to ...
A man plays the guitar outside his apartment next to a deserted canal as Italy remains on lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus disease in Venice, Italy, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel SilvestriROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 575 on Friday , up from 525 the day before, while the number of new cases declined slightly and scientists warned that infections were now mainly happening among family members.
This plateau is considerably lower than the peaks reached around the end of March, but the downtrend has not proceeded as was widely hoped in a country that has been in lockdown for almost six weeks. Nuclear physicist Paolo Branchini, who has been focusing on the trend of cases and deaths in Italy, told daily Corriere della Sera on Friday that the lockdown initially put a lid on infections but had now"exhausted its beneficial effect".
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