Increase in deaths, infections the largest since outbreak began in the country. FMTNews Italy
ROME: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 41 over the past 24 hours to 148, the Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday, with the contagion in Europe’s worst-hit country showing no sign of slowing.
The epidemic is focused on a handful of hotspots in the north of Italy. However, cases have now been confirmed in each of the country’s 20 regions, with 44 in central Lazio around Rome, and 45 in southern Campania, around Naples. On Thursday Italy announced it had cancelled a rugby match with England, part of the Six Nations Championship, which had been scheduled for March 14.Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said the government would spend €7.5 billion on the emergency and told the European Commission it would raise this year’s deficit goal to 2.5% of national output from the current 2.2% target.
In a video message to the nation, the head of state Sergio Mattarella called on Italians to remain calm. The delay reduces the possibility of an early election this year, a prospect often mooted due to persistent squabbling in the ruling coalition dominated by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the centre-left Democratic Party .
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