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The Italian Ministry of Health website (like so many others around the globe), isn't particularly quick to update information about COVID-19 in their country. Their latest case count - published on Feb 20th - still shows only 6 cases.
A lot has happened since then (see Italy: Media Reporting 10 More COVID-19 Cases (n=16).According to Italy's ANSA News agency (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata), the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy has risen to 30, with 2 deaths now reported.
Second coronavirus patient dies in Italy - ANSA news agency
Reuters|
Published: 02.22.20 , 13:22
A second patient infected with the new coronavirus has died in Italy, ANSA news agency reported citing healthcare sources, as an outbreak spreads in the country's industrious north with 30 cases reported so far.
The victim was a female resident in Milan's Lombardy region, ANSA said. Her reported death comes hours after a 78-year-old man died overnight near Padua, in the nearby Veneto region.
Of Italy's 30 reported cases, 27 have been detected in the past 36 hours.
