On Friday, the Italian News Agency ANSA said that a patient in the northern city of Padua had died after being infected with the Corona virus, becoming the first Italian to die as a result of this virus, explaining that the deceased was 78 years old.
The health authorities had announced earlier today 15 cases of coronavirus infection in the rich northern region of Lombardy, and two cases in the neighboring Veneto region, where Padua is located.
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On the other hand, the National Health Committee of China announced on Friday that it had received reports of 889 new confirmed cases of the new Corona virus, and 118 deaths yesterday; raising the total death to 2239 and confirmed cases to 75567 across the country, and stated The commission in its daily report – that of the deaths, 115 were in central China’s Hubei Province (the epicenter of the virus) and one in Zhejiang, Yunnan and Chongqing municipalities.
The committee added, that 2109 people were discharged from hospitals yesterday after their recovery, bringing the total of recovered to 18277 people, noting that 5206 people are still suspected of having the virus, while 606037 people who were in close contact with the infected patients were tracked, 120,302 of them are still under medical observation.
By the end of Thursday, 68 confirmed cases had been recorded, including two deaths in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 10 confirmed cases in the Macao Special Administrative Region and 24 cases in Taiwan, including one death, while 5 patients had left in Hong Kong and 6 patients in Macao Two in Taiwan have recovered from hospital.
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