ROME - Italy has recorded its highest day-to-day rise in the number of deaths of persons infected with COVID-19. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli announced Friday there were 627 new deaths.
The number of new cases also shot staggeringly higher: 5,986 cases. That brings the official total of new deaths overall to 4,032 and cases to 47,021. RELATED: What is a pandemic?
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