Italy Reports New Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Stabilizing In Last 24 Hours
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment stands by a patient in the Covid-19 division at the ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo, on April 3.
Photographer: Piero Cruciatti/AFP via Getty Images
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Italy saw the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths stabilizing on Friday, as officials express optimism that a four-week lockdown is beginning to check Europe’s worst outbreak.
Fatalities over the past 24 hours rose 766, compared with Thursday’s 760 deaths, to 14,681, civil protection authorities said at their daily news conference in Rome. They reported 4,585 new infections compared with 4,668 the previous day. Italy now has 119,827 total cases, just ahead of Spain’s 117,710.