A fourth person died in Italy after contracting the new coronavirus, a regional health official on Italian television announced on Monday. He is an 84-year-old man who was hospitalized in Lombardy, in the north-west of the country.

An 84-year-old man died in Lombardy (northwest), becoming the fourth victim of the new coronavirus recorded in Italy, a regional health official said on Italian television on Monday. The man, who died overnight in a hospital, is the third victim in the Lombardy region, while northern Italy experienced an outbreak of new coronavirus at the end of the week.

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