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Hard-Hit Italy Sees Slowing of New Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

VOA News

   Italy, which has suffered by far the deadliest consequences of the
   novel coronavirus outbreak, reported Tuesday a third consecutive day in
   which its daily deaths and new infections declined.

   The 601 deaths recorded Monday are still a staggering figure, but one
   that is a vast improvement from nearly 800 on Saturday.

   Italy has reported more than 6,000 deaths and has the second highest
   overall number of cases. Officials put the entire country on lockdown
   two weeks ago in hopes of stopping the spread of the virus that has
   reached nearly every country on the planet.

   South Korea, which once held the position of being one of the
   hardest-hit nations showed its own continued progress, reporting
   Tuesday a daily rise in new cases of 76. That was its 13thconsecutive
   day below 100.

   Meanwhile China continues to report its own improvements with just four
   locally transmitted cases in its latest figures Tuesday.

   But worries persist about a comeback for the virus in China, the place
   it was first detected in late December, due to cases among people who
   arrive from elsewhere in the world. China reported 74 such imported
   cases Tuesday.

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