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Italy records almost 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths in one-day record

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The gruesome milestone nevertheless came on the same day Italian health officials said they were seeing a slight slowing down in new positive cases Rome: Italy recorded a shocking spike in coronavirus deaths Friday with 969 new victims, the worst daily record for any country since the pandemic began.

The infection rate however continued its downward trend, with the civil protection agency reporting nearly 86,500 confirmed cases in Italy -- a 7.4 percent increase, down from around 8.0 percent in previous days.

The 969 people who died over the last 24 hours compares with 712 deaths on Thursday, 683 on Wednesday, 743 on Tuesday and 602 on Monday.

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