Civil Protection Chief Angelo
Borrelli said Wednesday that the number of people with the
coronavirus to have died in Italy has climbed to 12 while 374
have contracted the deadly virus.
Borrelli, who is also extraordinary commissioner for the
coronavirus emergency, said the 12th case died in hospital in
Piacenza, making him the fist victim in Emilia-Romagna.
He said he was a 70-year-old man originally from Lombardy who
had "important pre-existing" conditions.
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