Italy Reports 475 New Coronavirus Deaths in a Day

475 new coronavirus deaths in Italy, the highest daily toll recorded, as country’s overall death toll rises to 2978.

Hard-hit Italy reported an additional of 475 deaths from the virus on Wednesday, and France imposed a draconian lockdown unseen during peacetime. In the United States, the virus has now spread to all 50 states.

The coronavirus has now infected more than 200,000 people and killed more than 8,000 globally, with over 83,000 people having recovered from the infection, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for more “aggressive” action to curb coronavirus in Southeast Asia after the European Union, now at the epicentre of the pandemic, moved to seal off its borders.