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Italy Posts Record Virus Cases as Europe Struggles With Pandemic

  • ‘We must stop this curve,’ Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Says
  • Increased testing partly explains spike in Covid-19 cases

A monk wearing a face mask walks in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Oct., 13.

Photographer: Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

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Italy reported a record number of new coronavirus cases, underscoring Europe’s struggles to maintain control of the pandemic.