COVID-19: Italy's daily death toll below 100 for first time since Mar 9

People sit on a terrace of a restaurant, as shops and restaurants are allowed to reopen as Italy eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy. REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 99 on Monday , against 145 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, registering the first tally of below 100 since Mar 9.

The number of confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak amounts to 225,886, the sixth highest global tally behind those of the United States, Russia, Spain, Britain and Brazil.People registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 66,553 from 68,351 the day before. There were 749 people in intensive care on Monday, down from 762 on Sunday, maintaining a long-running decline. Of those originally infected, 127,326 were declared recovered against 125,176 a day earlier.

The agency said 1.959 million people had been tested for the virus against 1.933 million on Sunday, out of a population of around 60 million.

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