In Italy, for the first time since may 12, more than a thousand cases of coronavirus infection were recorded per day. This is reported by Reuters.
It is noted that 1071 people have fallen ill in the country over the past 24 hours, which is a record for the last three months. During the same time, 243 citizens recovered, and three people died. It is known that most cases occur in the Veneto region, often detected COVID-19 in vacationers in other EU countries.
Italy was the first European country to face the rapid spread of the coronavirus: in March, the country has already surpassed China in the number of victims of the infection, from where the disease began to spread at the end of 2019. After that, Italy remained the leader in the number of infected people in Europe for a long time. According to the latest data, 257 thousand cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the country, 35 thousand people died, and 205 thousand were cured.