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A doctor and a nurse embrace in the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome

The Number of people officially infected with coronavirus in Italy fell, for the First Time since the country's outbreak began, Said the authorities.

As of Monday, there 108,237 people who treated either in the hospital or recovering At Home tested positive were.

This Was 20 less than on the previous day, a small, but symbolic.

On Sunday, the increase of the positive cases was 486.

Italy has the third-highest number of Covid-19 cases in the World After Spain and the USA. The country is still in lockdown until 3 May, although there have been a few types of shops and businesses allowed to open again.

"For the First Time we have seen a new positive trend: The Number of the currently positive decreased," civil defense chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters.

But, like the people dying, not to contain home or in care facilities in the country, many believe that the actual number of infections and rates may be higher than the official counts.

More Than 24,000 people have So Far died of the coronavirus in Italy, according to US-American Johns Hopkins University, the persecution of the disease in The World .

milestone

The Italian authorities, the figures "extremely encouraging". The Number of people who dropped currently infected with a coronavirus, for the First Time ; it is an important milestone, despite the fact that there are fewer tests than the previous day.

total number of cases includes those who have died, and recovered, rose from just over 1. 2%, the smallest proportional increase, since the outbreak began in. There is 454 deaths - were, however, Slightly up on Sunday the figure.

While the infection numbers are cause for optimism, The Daily sacrifice is to pay as stubbornly high.

Intensive care, figures show a downward trend, with occupancy now at the lowest level in a month. Italy is by no means out of The Woods . But it is on The Right Path and it feels like now his victims to pay off.

What happens elsewhere?

in France , has become the newest country to More Than 20,000 death cases in connection with coronavirus, a toll director of health as a "symbolic and painful".

in contrast to the United Kingdom, France , including nursing home death cases in their daily toll.

As of Monday, it 20,265 virus-related deaths in France - 12,513 were Said of them in hospitals and 7,752 in nursing homes, Jérôme Salomon .

"tonight, Our Country will have to cross a painful symbolic milestone," He Said .

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Source of news: bbc.com