The Civil Protection Department said
Monday that 32,877 people have died after contracting the
coronavirus in Italy, up 92 on Sunday, with 34 new deaths in
Lombardy.
Sunday's daily rise in the death toll was 50 with Lombardy,
the Italian region worst-hit by the emergency, reporting no new
deaths.
The department reported 300 new COVID-19 cases, with almost
half of that rise coming in Lombardy.
The national rise in the total number of cases was 531 on
Sunday.
Four regions - Umbria, Calabria, Molise and Basilicata -and
the autonomous province of Bolzano have registered no new cases
in the last 24 hours.
It said 141,981 people have now recovered from the
coronavirus here, up 1,502.
Sunday's rise was 1,639.
The department said 55,300 people are currently infected with
the coronavirus in Italy, 1,294 down.
Sunday's fall was 1,158.
It said the total number of cases in Italy, including the
currently positive, the deceased and the recovered, is now
230,158.
There are 541 coronavirus patients in intensive care in
Italy, 12 down on Sunday.
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