Italy’s virus death toll nears 20,000
Italy now has 619 new deaths from coronavirus.
A member of the medical staff comforts a patient infected by the novel coronavirus at the Covid-19 division at the ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo, Italy on April 3, 2020. Picture: Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP
Italy reported 619 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking its total since the end of February to 19,468, higher than any other country.
The toll announced by Italy’s civil protection service is higher than the 18,860 deaths estimated for the United States by Johns Hopkins University.
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