Published 12:24 IST, April 6th 2020
Italy moves towards phase two as it records lowest daily rise in COVID-19 death toll
Italy on April 5 recorded its lowest daily death toll for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic escalated in the country in late February.
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Italy on April 5 recorded its lowest daily death toll for first time since coronavirus pandemic escalated in country in late February. According to reports, Italy recorded a rise of 525 from a day earlier, which was its lowest daily increase since March 19. re have been 15,887 deaths in Italy due to COVID-19 as of April 5, which is almost a quarter of global death toll from disease. number of confirmed cases in Italy rose by 4,316 cases on Sunday, which was again its lowest increase in five days.
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Experts indicate that Italy is w moving towards its second phase in battle against coronavirus. Silvio Brusaferro, he of Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy’s top health institute, said that curve in country has w begun to descend after recording a rapid surge for over 10 days w. According to data by worldometer, total number of confirmed cases in Italy has reached over 1,28,000, of which 91,246 cases are still active. re are currently 3,977 patients under critical condition, while 21,815 people have been treated successfully.
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Coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus infection has claimed more than 69,400 lives across world and has infected over 12,74,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States, France, United Kingdom, and Iran have also overtaken China in terms of total deaths related to COVID-19, which ds up to about 26,233. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.
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(Im Credit: AP)
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12:34 IST, April 6th 2020