ROME: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has surged by 919 to 9,134, the Civil Protection Agency said on Friday (Mar 27), easily the highest daily tally since the epidemic emerged on Feb 21.
Prior to Friday's figure, the largest daily toll was registered on Mar 21, when 793 people died. Advertisement Advertisement The 919 people who died over the last 24 hours compares with 712 deaths on Thursday, 683 on Wednesday, 743 on Tuesday and 602 on Monday.