COVID-19 deaths nearly triple in Italy

At least 15 million people in Italy have been put under quarantine in an attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus, as the death toll soars.

People wearing protective masks in Rome, Italy. Source: AAP

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Published 9 March 2020 1:57pm

By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Italy on Sunday recorded the second-highest coronavirus toll in the world, after reporting a sharp jump in deaths and overtaking South Korea on infections.

The number of fatalities nearly tripled, rising from 133 to 366 Sunday, according to the civil protection agency, with most deaths occurring in the hard-hit Lombardy region in Italy's wealthy north.