According to Skynews the number of coronavirus patients to have died in Italy is now higher than the recorded death toll in China where the outbreak began.
Some 427 more people with COVID-19 have died in Italy, taking the total number of deaths to 3,405.
The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in China is 3,249, while Wuhan – the city where the first case emerged – reported no new infections on Thursday.
Italy’s latest figure is a slight improvement on the day before, when there were 475 deaths.
Italy has the world’s second-oldest population and the vast majority of those who have died – 87% – were over 70.
The army has been called in in one city to help deal with the number of dead.
Virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit said it could also be explained in part by the almost total breakdown of the health system in some areas.
“That’s what happens when the health system collapses,” he said.
During a visit to Milan, the head of a Chinese Red Cross delegation helping advise Italy said he was shocked to see so many people walking around, using public transportation and eating out.
Sun Shuopeng said Wuhan saw infections peak only after a month of a strictly enforced lockdown.
“Right now we need to stop all economic activity and we need to stop the mobility of people,” he said.
“All people should be staying at home in quarantine.”
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