FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks on a street in Bari as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Bari, Italy, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloROME: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has surged by 919 to 9,134, the Civil Protection Agency said on Friday , easily the highest daily tally since the epidemic emerged on Feb 21.
The total number of confirmed cases rose to 86,498 from a previous 80,539, taking Italy's total past that of China, where the coronavirus epidemic emerged at the end of last year.In Italy, of those originally infected nationwide, 10,950 had fully recovered on Friday, compared to 10,361 the day before. There were 3,732 people in intensive care against a previous 3,612.
This has led to some confusion and means that some media outlets are reporting the Friday daily tally at 969, rather than 919.
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