Coronavirus: Italy deaths climb above 10,000 - BBC News

Italy recorded 756 new deaths in the past 24 hours - bringing the total to 10,779.
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Italy recorded a further 756 new deaths over the past day. It brought the total there to almost 11,000, which is the most anywhere in the world.

But it also marked the second successive fall in the daily number of recorded deaths.

For context, there were 889 on Saturday and more than 900 on Friday.

More widely, the number of people who have tested positive for the virus in Italy rose on Sunday to 97,689 from a previous 92,472.

That is the lowest daily rise in new cases since Wednesday.

At least 13,030 people have recovered from the virus, officials said

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