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Fourth Person Dies In Italy From Coronavirus-Related Complications - Health Authorities
Sumaira FH Published February 24, 2020 | 05:32 PM
Italy's northern Lombardy Region has registered the third death from the new coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, which brings the country's total to four, Lombardy's Councilor for Welfare Giulio Gallera said on Monday
ROME (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th February, 2020) Italy's northern Lombardy Region has registered the third death from the new coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, which brings the country's total to four, Lombardy's Councilor for Welfare Giulio Gallera said on Monday.
"We have the third victim in Lombardy. The 84-year-old man who was hospitalized in the city of Bergamo died last night," Gallera said live on Rai 3 tv channel.
The first death in the country was registered in another northern region, Veneto, where a 78-years-old man died from the virus on Saturday.
According to Gallera, all victims of coronavirus were elderly people, who were suffering also from other illnesses.
Cases of the new coronavirus � now numbering more than 200 � have been confirmed in several Italian regions, including Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lazio. The authorities of Lombardy and Veneto have decided to ban all public events, including cultural and sports ones to prevent the virus spread.
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