Italy reports over 300 deaths for the second day running

Rome, March 16 (IANS) Italy, which has been the country worst-affected by coronavirus after epicentre China, on Monday reported another 349 deaths.

The country, which had reported 368 deaths on Sunday, saw the new fatalities in less than 24 hours, taking the total death toll to over 2,100, the BBC reported.

Italy now has nearly 28,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, an increase of 3,233 since Sunday.

–IANS

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