Italy death toll tops 19,000

The death toll in Italy tops 19,000 today with 150,000 confirmed cases of infection as the country continues to see a slight decrease in the number of people hospitalized and in intensive care.

Deaths are up 3.2%, or 619, to 19,468, while the number of people testing positive for the virus reaches 152,271, an increase of 4,694, or 3.1%.

– AP

A woman carries her shopping and an Easter egg across Piazza della Rotonda in central Rome, on April 11, 2020 during the country’s lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

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