Italy's coronavirus deaths up slightly amid hope cases are peaking
The Local (Italian News in English)
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2 April 202018:41 CEST+02:00
There have now been almost 14,000 coronavirus victims in Italy, officials said on Thursday, while infections seem to have reached a peak in some areas.
Another 4,668 cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed on Thursday, according to the latest daily figures from Italy's Civil Protection department...The death toll figure rose by 760, a slight rise compared to Wednesday's 727...There were 4,053 people in intensive care, up from a previous 4,035, however authorities said the total number of patients in hospital because of the virus was down.
“The number of people being hospitalized has decreased,” said Angelo Borrelli, the head of the Civil Protection Department, who himself recently tested negative for coronavrus after falling ill.
"61 percent of the total infected people are in home isolation with no symptoms or with mild symptoms, a number that has increased in percentage terms,” he said.
The infection rate has also slowed again in Lombardy, the worst-affected region, with 1,292 new cases registered on Thursday, compared to 1,565 on Wednesday.
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