Almost 800 people die of coronavirus in Italy in the past 24 hours taking country’s death toll to 4,825 – with 53,500 now diagnosed in crisis-hit country
Italy’s death toll has skyrocketed by 793 in just 24 hours taking the country’s total fatalities to 4,825 in the worst daily rise in the country yet.
More than 53,500 people have been diagnosed with the bug nationally, up more than 6,500 from yesterday.
The country has a population of 60million and has suffered more deaths from coronavirus than the whole of China, with its population of 1.4billion.
More than 60 percent of the latest deaths occurred in the northern region of Lombardy, whose hospitals have been reeling under a staggering case load that has left intensive care beds hard to find and respirators in dire supply.
The new increases come nearly two weeks into a national lockdown in a desperate bid to contain the contagion.
An employee of the municipal company disinfects Piazza del Duomo, in Florence, on March, 21 2020, as part of the measures taken by Italian government to fight against the spread of coronavirus