The death toll in Italy has rise again

The coronavirus death toll in Italy has climbed by 812 to 11,591, the Civil Protection Agency has said.

The new number is an increase in deaths after two days of declines in the daily rate.

However, the number of new cases rose by just 4,050, the lowest amount since March 17, hitting a total 101,739 from a previous 97,689.

Some 5,217 cases were recorded on Sunday and 5,974 on Saturday.




Ambulance volunteer in Italy (Picture: BACKGRID)

Of those originally infected nationwide, 14,620 had fully recovered on Monday, compared to 13,030 the day before.

There were 3,981 people in intensive care, up from a previous 3,906.



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Italy has registered more deaths than anywhere else in the world and accounts for more than a third of all global fatalities from the virus.



Italy’s largest daily toll from the five-week-old epidemic was registered on Friday, when 919 people died.

There were 889 deaths on Saturday and 756 on Sunday.

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