ROME — Italy adds another 760 dead to its coronavirus toll, bringing the count in the country with the most deaths to 13,915. But new infections continue to level off three weeks into the West’s first nationwide shutdown, with 4,668 new infections for a total official caseload of 115,242.
Pressure on hospitals in hard-hit Lombardy continues to ease, with more than 800 people recovered and 165 fewer people hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to a day earlier.
Intensive care units are still saturated, but overall, Lombardy adds just under 1,300 new positive cases, with about half of those infected being treated at home.
More than 10,000 medical personnel have been infected nationwide and 69 doctors have died, according to the National Institutes of Health and the Italian association of doctors.
— AP
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