As coronavirus pandemic surges across the world, it has left countries reeling and looking desperate to tackle the novel virus. The cases are growing each day and death toll is mounting.?
One of the countries?most devastatingly impacted by the?COVID-19?is Italy. Yesterday alone, the country announced 919 new deaths due to the virus. It is the largest?single-day toll in the country since coronavirus outbreak began.?It means 9,134 people have now died from the virus in the country.?
Italy is the worst-affected in Europe. Almost everything has been closed and people told to stay at home.
Earlier on Friday, authorities warned that restrictions were likely to be extended beyond 3 April.
Desperate scenes have unfolded in the north of the country, particularly the hard-hit Lombardy region where infections first exploded last month, as hospitals struggle to treat thousands of cases.??
The region had seen a decrease in deaths on Thursday, raising hopes that things might get brighter. But a spike on Friday in the numbers has dashed all hopes and led to growing fears of more casualties.?
The total number of recorded coronavirus cases in Italy, including deaths and those who recovered, now stands at more than 86,000.??
Since the beginning of the crisis in Italy, 51 doctors who tested positive for the disease have died, the Italian Association of Doctors has said. Of those doctors, 32 were working in Lombardy, the Italian region worst-hit by coronavirus.
A total of 6,414 health care workers have been infected as of Thursday, according to the Italian National Institute of Health.