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The number of individuals to have passed away from the coronavirus in Italy has actually shot up by 133 in a day to 366, officials state.
The overall number of infections leapt 25%to 7,375 from 5,883, according to the Civil Protection company.
The dive in figures comes as millions adjust to extreme measures presented on Sunday in an effort to contain the outbreak.
Approximately 16 million people in Lombardy and 14 provinces require special permission to travel under new quarantine rules.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also revealed the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other places across the entire nation.
The restrictions will last up until 3 April.
The current figures mean Italy now has the greatest variety of validated infections outside China, where the outbreak came from December. It has overtaken South Korea, where the overall number of cases is 7,313
Among the latest individuals to test positive in Italy is the army’s chief of staff. Salvatore Farina said he felt well and was self-isolating.
The strict new quarantine measures impact a quarter of the Italian population and centre on the abundant northern part of the nation that powers its economy.
The health system is under enormous stress in Lombardy, a northern area of 10 million individuals, where individuals are being treated in healthcare facility passages.
” We want to ensure the health of our residents. We understand that these procedures will impose sacrifices, often small and sometimes very big,” Prime Minister Conte stated as he announced the measures in the middle of Saturday night.
Under the new procedures, individuals are not supposed to be able to enter or leave Lombardy, where Milan is the primary city.
The same limitations use to 14 provinces: Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro and Urbino, Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Vercell