Deaths in Italy rose 49.4% in March, a
report by the Higher Health Institute (ISS) and the national
statistics institute ISTAT said on Monday.
The report was entitled Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on
Total Mortality in the Resident Population: First Quarter of
2020.
From the first coronavirus death on February 20 to the end of
March, deaths in Italy rose from 65,592, the average from 2015
to 2019, to 90,946 this year, a rise of 25,354, the report said.
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