Coronavirus infects 2313 in a day in Italy

After China where the coronavirus outbreak began, Italy is a hardest hit country by fast-spreading disease, known officially as COVID-19. The number of new cases and deaths from the deadly virus in the country is on the gradual rise.

The country reported 2,313 new coronavirus cases in a day, bringing the total to 12,462. Of those affected by the virus, 827 have so far died.

Italy's Civil Protection Agency came up with the latest development on Wednesday (March 11).

Around six crore Italians have been kept in quarantine since the country declared a state of emergency on Tuesday.

The coronavirus initially emerged in China late last year and is now spreading in Europe and across the Middle East, sparking fears of a global pandemic.

The illness, whose symptoms are fever, cough and difficulty breathing, may cause lung lesions and pneumonia.

Since December 2019, over 126,277 people have been infected in 124 countries and territories across the globe, with more than 4,633 deaths mostly in China.

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