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Sunday, March 1, 2020
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Sunday, March 1, 2020
Death toll in Italy from new coronavirus rises to 34
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMILAN — Italian authorities announce that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Italy has risen 40 percent to 1,576 in 24 hours, while another five infected people have died.
That brings the number of people infected with the virus in Italy to 34 since cases of the virus exploded February 21.
Health authorities say the increase is expected, since it takes as much as two weeks for the containment measures to take effect, and because Italy has a large number of elderly people.
— AP
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