Daily Covid toll in Italy highest since March

November 24, 2020 23:19

There were a further 853 coronavirus-related deaths in Italy on Tuesday the highest daily toll since the end of March - and 23,232 new infections.

Since the beginning of November, Covid-19 has been confirmed to have claimed the lives of over 12,000 people, with the total number of deaths since February now at 50,453.

Italys doctors federation said that 27 medics have lost their lives within the last 10 days while 27,000 health workers have become infected over the last month.

The highest daily death count so far was reached on 29 March, when 969 fatalities were registered.

New cases were up from 22,930 on Monday. There have been signs of the infection curve beginning to flatten: the highest number of daily infections reported in a single day was 40,902 on 13 November.

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