The number of new deaths related to the coronavirus rose Wednesday in Italy to 71, against 55 the day before, announced the Civil Protection which counted 321 new contaminations in 24 hours against 318 the day before. According to the agency, since the epidemic was reported on February 21, it has killed 33,601 people in the country, placing Italy in third position behind the United States and Great Britain, in terms of death . The number of confirmed infections amounted to 233,836, which places Italy in sixth place in the world, behind the United States, Brazil, Russia, Spain and Great Britain.
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Of the 321 new infections recorded on Wednesday, 237 were reported in northern Lombardy, the Italian region by far the hardest hit in terms of both deaths and new cases. The government ended travel restrictions between regions on Wednesday, despite criticism from some regional governors that allowing people to travel outside of Lombardy could spark new outbreaks across the country. country.
The number of people registered as currently carrying the disease in Italy fell on Wednesday to 39,297, against 39,893 the day before. The civil defense agency said that 2.497 million people had been tested as of Wednesday, out of a population of around 60 million.
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