Italy has registered an additional 260 deaths due to the Covid-19 epidemic in the past 24 hours, the lowest number since March 14 when the peninsula reported 175 deaths.
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Since March 14, Italy has recorded more than 300 deaths every day, with peaks approaching 1,000 deaths, for a total of 26,644 deaths, according to the report published Sunday by the civil protection.
The number of new infected patients is also at its lowest level since April 20 with a figure of 2324 against 2357 Saturday.
The death toll is down sharply from Saturday's (415), and down for the third day in a row.
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