Italy hits one-day record with 368 new coronavirus deaths: official data
Updated | By AFP
Italy on Sunday recorded 368 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, its
highest one-day increase to date, taking the total to 1,809, the most outside
China, official data showed.
The number of infections has reached 24,747, a count released to the media by Italy's civil protection service said.
The northern Lombardy region around Milan remained the European epicentre of the pandemic, officially reporting 1,218 deaths, or 67 percent of the Italian total.
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But Sunday also saw the number of deaths in the southeastern Puglia region around the city of Bari double from eight to 16.
The Lazio region that includes the Italian capital Rome has officially recorded 16 deaths in all -- up from 13 on Saturday -- and 436 infections.
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