Italy’s Total Known Coronavirus Infections Top 1,000 Cases

Total includes active cases and those who’ve recovered or died
U.S. advisory Friday said to reconsider traveling to Italy

Paramedics work in a tent outside the hospital of Cremona, northern Italy on Feb. 29.Photographer: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP Photo

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By Vernon Silver

February 29, 2020 at 5:18 PM UTC

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Italy’s known coronavirus infections surpassed 1,000 on Saturday, skyrocketing from nearly zero in just over a week, the nation’s emergency chief Angelo Borrelli said.

The total number of infections is 1,128, with 29 possible virus-linked deaths, the Italian Civil Protection official said at a Rome news conference. A day earlier, the total was 888, including 821 current infections, 46 recoveries and 21 dead.