In Italy, around 1000 people die due to coronavirus in a day

Italy : Italy has recorded around 1000 deaths due to coronavirus on Friday, highest toll for a day in the world.

Five weeks after the coronavirus was reported in Italy, the total number of people infected with it has reached 86,500, even more than the United States and China.

The number of deaths surged by 969 victims to 9,134, the civil protection agency said, though that included 50 victims who had been missing from the previous day's count.

However, a little drop in the new cases has been registered in the nation. Friday saw a 7.4 percent increase in cases, down from around 8.0 percent in previous days

"I want to be clear on one point. We have not peaked yet," the national health institute (ISS) head Silvio Brusaferro said.

"There are signs of a slowdown, which makes us believe that we are close, we could peak in the next few days."

Nearly, 600,000 cases have registered all across the world and nearly 27,250 people have lost their lives till data available on Friday night.