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Covid-19: Italy is living a "dark day" with 993 dead in 24 hours, a record since March

2020-12-05T00:11:41.570Z


Lombardy, the most affected region, alone has 347 deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday.The predicted Italian miracle ultimately did not happen. The latest death record, 969 coronavirus-related deaths, dating from March 27, was exceeded on Thursday in the country. Italy recorded 993 deaths due to Covid-19 in 24 hours, according to the latest official report, also marked by a drop in the number of positive people. Lombardy (north), the most affected, alone has 347 dead, according to


The predicted Italian miracle ultimately did not happen.

The latest death record, 969 coronavirus-related deaths, dating from March 27, was exceeded on Thursday in the country.

Italy recorded 993 deaths due to Covid-19 in 24 hours, according to the latest official report, also marked by a drop in the number of positive people.

Lombardy (north), the most affected, alone has 347 dead, according to figures published by the Ministry of Health.

In addition 23,225 new cases were recorded, against 20,709 new cases and 684 deaths on Wednesday.

"A dark day for Italy", some newspapers headlined, stressing that these worrying figures should be qualified by the parallel drop in the number of positive cases, which amount to 759,982 (-1248 in 24 hours).

A continuous decline since the end of November, interpreted by the Italian health authorities as a success of the measures adopted to fight against new contagions.

"Sustained circulation of the virus"

"The situation is still very serious [...] We are in the presence of a sustained circulation of the virus making it very difficult to trace and being able to feed new homes", warned the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza on Wednesday during a speech to the parliament.

According to the Department of Applied Mathematics of the National Research Council, the peak of daily deaths is expected to be reached in five to ten days.

Italy, the first European country hard hit by the new coronavirus, has recorded a total of more than 1.66 million cases since the start of the pandemic, including 58,038 deaths.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte detailed Thursday evening the restrictive measures that will be implemented for the end of the year celebrations.

"We must rule out the risk of a third wave which could arrive in January and not be less serious than the first and the second", argued Paolo Conte at a press conference.

"We must not let our guard down," he warned.

Travel between regions prohibited during holidays

In particular, he announced the ban on travel between regions from December 21 until January 6, including for Italians wishing to go to their second home.

Travel also impossible from one municipality to another on December 25 and 26 and January 1.

The curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. remains in effect (until 7 a.m. on New Year's Eve).

The ski slopes and ski lifts can only reopen from January 7.

The government also maintains the three-color system to distinguish regions according to risk: yellow (moderate risk), orange (intermediate risk) and red (high risk).

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Restaurants are open in the areas in yellow until 6 p.m.

In the other regions, only take-away sales are allowed.

All over the country, stores will be able to open until 9 p.m. in order to avoid queues and crowds.

From January, a number of restrictions will be gradually lifted, in particular in schools which will be authorized to increase the share of teaching in attendance.

Source: leparis

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