ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 20,000 on Monday (Apr 13) but its number of critically ill patients dropped for the 10th successive day.
The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service take Italy's fatalities total to 20,465 - officially second in the world behind the United States.
Advertisement Advertisement The drop in patients receiving intensive care from a peak of 4,068 on Apr 3 to 3,260 on Monday confirmed a general improvement in Italy's