ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 636 on Monday (Apr 6), more than 100 higher than the previous daily tally of 525, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new cases fell sharply.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb 21 came to 16,523, the highest in the world.
The total number of confirmed cases increased by 3,599 to 132,547, the lowest daily rise since Mar 17, underscoring hopes that the illness might be on the retreat thanks to a nationwide lockdown introduced on Mar 9.
A patient is carried on a stretcher as he arrives at a hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus continues, in Rome, Italy. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Before Monday, daily increases since Mar 17 had all been in a range of 4,050-6,557.
Of those originally infected, 22,837 were declared recovered on Monday against 21,815 a day earlier. There were 3,898 people in intensive care, down 79 on Sunday – a third successive daily decline.
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