The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy has risen by 546 in a day. The area, which has borne the brunt of Italy's contagion, has now seen 3,09, die from Covid-19, officials said on Saturday.
This marked the highest daily increase since the outbreak emerged. Lombardy's head of welfare, Giulio Gallera, said the number of cases in the region, which includes Italy's financial capital Milan, had increased by 3,251 to 25,515.
On Friday, Italy's death toll stood at 4,032, the highest in the world. The country imposed further draconian restrictions on public life on Friday in an increasingly desperate effort to halt the disease's spread.