Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll rose by 433 on Sunday, down from 575 on Friday and the lowest in a week. Its number of new infections has also slowed to 3,047 from a previous 3,491.

The country has been in a lockdown for six weeks. The encouraging downward trend is however, still not proceeding as fast as hoped for.

Earlier this month, prime minister Giuseppe Conte extended the lockdown after consultations with scientists and union leaders: “If we gave up now, we would put all the pos...