
17,660 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in Italy from just a few weeks — plus 1,266 deaths and 1,439 people who recovered from the disease. To give a sense of how fast Italy’s epidemic is moving, nearly a quarter of the total deaths — 446 — occurred from Tuesday to Friday, Italy’s death toll and infected cases are second only to China.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is currently affecting over 136 countries around the world with 142,792 cases, 5,374 deaths, and 70,920 Recoveries.