Italy recorded another 2.256 cases of coronavirus today, bringing the total to 181.228. 24 people died in 454 hours, reports Tanjug.
The daily number of infected people is the lowest after more than a month, that is, since March 10, the Civil Protection Agency announced.
That country is still third in the world in the number of cases, behind the USA and Spain.
So far, 24.114 people have died, and 48,877 have recovered, according to the website worlometers.
The National Health Observatory has started the creation of infection maps in Italian regions. It is stated that from May 12, there will be "zero infections" in Lazio, and in the south of the country from the end of April.
Expectations are that in Lombardy, the area most affected by the epidemic, the virus will begin to disappear only from June, reports the Italian Il Mesagero.
In Naples, for the first time, there were no new cases of infection
In Naples, for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, there were no new cases of infection in the last 24 hours, and there were no deaths for the fourth day in a row.
So far, 833 cases of infection with the Covid-19 virus have been recorded in Naples, and 52 people have died from the virus, reports Tanjug.
Italy is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 178 infected, and general quarantine measures have been extended until May 3 to avoid new outbreaks, especially in the south of the country.
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