Italy recorded an additional 368 deaths from nCoV in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths nationwide to 1,809.

The Italian Civil Protection Agency today released a statement saying the number of nCoV infections in the country was 24,747, an increase of 3,590 cases from the previous day. The number of deaths increased by 25%, from 1,441 to 1,809. Italy is currently the second largest outbreak in the world after mainland China and the largest in Europe.

The Italian National Institutes of Health (ISS) said the death rate in this country is about 6%, the average death age of patients is about 80. Experts said that besides the aging population, the bacterial status Antimicrobial resistance that causes infections in people with nCoV and the health system is overloaded due to the surge in patients is another cause of many Italians dying from the disease.

Many high-ranking Italian officials have been infected with nCoV, including Vice Minister of Health Pierpaolo Sileri, Democratic Party leader and Lazio President Nicola Zingaretti, Piedmont Alberto Cirio, Salvatore Farina Chief of Staff and Head of Education Anna Ascani.

Italy from 8/3 blockaded nationwide to limit the spread of disease. Italy's Interior Ministry said as of March 13, more than 157,000 people were checked by the police and nearly 7,000 faced penalties for failing to comply with travel restrictions.

Covid-19 appears in 157 countries and territories, causing more than 160,000 people to be infected, more than 6,400 dead and more than 76,000 recover. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 13 declared Europe to be a global Covid-19 center, while China said it had passed the peak of the epidemic and predicted there could be no new cases reported by the end of the month. .