The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has climbed by 760 to 13,915, the Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday, slightly higher than the daily rise of 727 registered a day earlier.
The number of new cases was steady, growing by 4,668 from a previous 4,782, bringing total infections since the outbreak came to light on 21 February to 115,242.
Today was the fourth consecutive day in which the number of new cases remained within a range of 4,050-4,782, seeming to confirm government hopes that the epidemic has hit a plateau,ahead of a hoped-for decline in the near future.
Italy hit a daily peak of 6,557 new cases on 21 March. Of those originally infected nationwide, some 18,278 had fully recovered on Thursday, compared to 16,847 the day