Italy, Spain see steady drop in COVID-19 infections as France records deadliest day

France will likely become the fifth country, after Italy, Spain, the United States and Germany, to cross the 100,000 threshold of coronavirus cases on Tuesday.

Health workers in Milan are working around the clock. Source: AAP

Italy's day-to-day increase in new COVID-19 cases has dipped once again overnight, with nearly 3,600 new cases announced by authorities being the lowest daily increase in 20 days.

Italian civil protection authorities say the number of coronavirus infections has risen by 3,599 in the last 24 hours to 132,547 while virus-related deaths were 636 Monday, bringing the total dead in Italy to 16,523.

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