A cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in a residential district of Rome as Italy moves into Phase Three of its emergency plan for the Covid-19 epidemic.
At least 17 people have tested positive for the virus on Piazza Pecile in the Garbatella district of the city in recent days, prompting fears of a second wave in the country.
As the country’s death toll increased by 78 today, the building of more than 100 residents in the nation’s capital was cordoned off.
Some residents were taken away by ambulance while others moved to a hotel to maintain isolation and some were remaining pending resolution.
At least 17 people have tested positive for coronavirus on Piazza Pecile in the Garbatella district of the city in recent days, prompting fears of a second wave in the country
Lazio’s coronavirus crisis unit in Rome has admitted it fears coronavirus cases in the city will continue to increase
An outbreak of Covid-19 was discovered at IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana in Rome earlier this month, where infections reached 104 and there were five deaths.
The country will begin to lift more restrictions on Monday 15 June as premier Giuseppe Conte announced cinemas would be allowed to reopen.
But Lazio’s coronavirus crisis unit in Rome has admitted it fears coronavirus cases will continue to increase.
The Lazio Region’s Covid-19 Crisis Unit said: ‘We fear that they are destined to increase.
‘The attention remains very high and the positive patients have all been transferred,’ reported Corriere Della Sera.
A municipal policeman cordons off the entrance to the building as some residents were taken away by ambulance while others moved to a hotel to maintain isolation
The residential building was cordoned off earlier this afternoon
Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 78 today, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the tally of new cases increased by 346.
The total death toll since the outbreak began in the country on February 21 now stands at 34,301, the fourth highest in the world after those of the US, UK and Brazil.
The death count was muddied by the fact that the central region of Lazio, around the capital city of Rome, said that only two of the 25 deaths declared on Saturday had happened in the last 24 hours, bringing the daily deaths down to 55.
The number of confirmed cases amounts to 236,651, the seventh highest global tally behind those of the United States, Russia, Brazil, Spain, Britain and India.
People sit in the grass and walk on the paths at the Biblioteca degli Alberi park in Porta Nuova Park, Milan, today
Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 78 today, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the tally of new cases increased by 346
The northern region of Lombardy, where the outbreak was first identified, remains by far the worst affected of Italy’s 20 regions, accounting for 210 of the 346 new cases reported on Saturday.
People registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 27,485 from 28,997 the day before.
There were 220 people in intensive care today, down from 227 on Friday, maintaining a long-running decline.
Of those originally infected, 174,865 were declared recovered against 173,085 a day earlier.
The agency said 2.817 million people had been tested for the virus as of Saturday, against 2.784 million on Friday, out of a population of around 60 million.