Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 36 to 233 on Saturday while the number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,883.34 death were reported in just 24 hours in Milan, sending a panic wave in authorities.
Italy has recorded the most deaths of any country outside China and the third-most COVID-19 infections after China and South Korea.Official figures showed the number of people receiving intensive care in hospitals jumped to 567 from 462 on Friday.
The Italian government has been watching closely to see if cases are spreading from the richer north to the poorer south, which has fewer medical resources. All 22 Italian regions have now registered cases and one new death was reported Friday in the Lazio region that includes Rome and its outskirts.
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