Coronavirus Updates: Italy’s death toll rises by 793 in a single day
Italy has a record number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day, with 793 deaths in 24 hours on Saturday.
This occurred the second day in a row of the biggest day-to-day increase in the country’s four-week epidemic, after surpassing China’s death toll on Thursday.
The numbers include 546 new deaths in Italy’s epicenter Lombardy region.
On Thursday, Italy had reported 627 deaths in a day related to COVID-19.
The total number of deaths in Italy has now reached 4,825, though the country is under complete lockdown.
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Italy reported its first case of the novel coronavirus on January 31.
Italy, whose population is around 60 million, imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 10.
The number of deaths in Italy since the start of the outbreak has reached nearly 5,000, and the number of reported cases have passed 50,000.
