Fantastic news from Italy as the number of deaths and newly infected people is steadily going down.

According to the latest figures, the overall recorded deaths in the 5th of April was down to 525 while by the end of March this figure was constantly around 900. The Italy premier, Giuseppe Conte, commented: “You have to consider that Italy has been the first country in Europe that faced this pandemic. Our response has not been perfect maybe, but we have been acting the best of our knowledge.”

Good news is also coming from France as there were 357 recorded coronavirus deaths in hospitals in 24 hours. That is the lowest daily increase in a week, with the total death toll being 8,078.

Graphs courtesy of worldometers.info

These are the total cases in Italy split by region.