The number of people dying from coronavirus in Italy dropped again on Monday, fuelling desperate hopes that the country may have reached the peak of its devastating outbreak.
The government announced a death toll of 602, a fall from the 651 who died on Sunday, the record 793 who died on Saturday and the 627 who died on Friday.
The new figure was the smallest one-day death toll since Thursday, suggesting that mortality rates might be gradually tapering off.
The total death toll is now 6,078 and more than 63,000 have been infected, making Italy by far the worst afflicted country in the world.
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